Chapter 5: CHAPTER 05 Challenge Grind And Quest II
After some time, I was done looking for the information. I got up and looked at the wolf, who now had a whole head of goblins in his mouth.
ARE YOU ONLINE? CAN
WE TALK NOW?
[Carwin]
"Lyx, that's enough, come over here," I said while calling him to me.
Yeah, I can. what
Is it?
As you might have guessed,
My friend contacted me.
She's online.
Oh, then? What did she say?
Can she do it?
Yeah, she can.
Thanks, pal. What's her
username?
It's "Harin". you should
Send a DM.
OK OK
But... will everything really
Will it be fine? You should
Expect her combat abilities.
to be zero.
'He really doesn't know me well.' were the thoughts in my mind while reading this line.
Hey, don't worry. I was just
soloing in Somur Valley and
heading out now.
Where was Somur Valley...? isn't that
Where is the goblin camp? you
destroyed them alone?
Yeah, that's right. I hunted goblins.
scouts in the forward camp.
I leveled up three times just now.
How are you doing this? Are you
cheating or using some kind of bug?
Be careful, or else you'll get
banned and cry about it.
It's not a bug. Anyway, don't
worry about it.
O... Okay. if you say so. Well,
Okay.
That's right.
HAHA... You're really going to catch
up to us quickly.
....
"I'LL BE AT LEVEL 100 IN TWO MONTHS. IF NOT MORE. JUST WAIT TWO OF YOU I'LL REACH LEVEL 50 IN 15 DAYS. AND LEVEL 80 IN ANOTHER 15 DAYS. AND LEVEL 100 IN THE REMAINING MONTH."
"IN FACT, THE BET THAT I MADE WITH THE PROFESSOR MIGHT BENEFIT ME MORE AFTER ALL."
Gawain's friend was called "Harin."
The systems call Harin I to command the system.
Hello, are you Gawain's
friend?
Hi. yup. It's nice to meet you.
Where are you right now?
I'm at Lucain Village fixing my
equipment in the smithy.
Aha, you're in LUCAIN. Stay at
the smithy. I'll be there in 10 minutes.
"Yeah, sure."
(in Lucain Village)
'Was the smithy this way?' I thought while walking on the beautiful streets of Lucain that it looked good.
"Ah." there I thought as I saw a beautiful girl standing outside of the smith shop; she wasn't looking at me.
So I walked towards her and I said, " Hello. I'm John."
"Hi. I'm Harin," she said, and even her voice was sweet.
"I've heard a lot about you from Gawain." She said,
"I hope all were good things. By the way, are you Gawain's friend?" I asked her because I was curious about it.
"No, not a friend... I'm more like an older sister to him." She answered me, to which I nodded.
"AH... I see," I said while nodding my head.
"I'm done preparing, so I can head out to the quest whenever you're ready." "What about you, John?" She asked me, to which I smiled.
"Great, I'm ready to go too," I answered her question with a wide smile.
"Is there a reason in particular for you to do this camp quest?" I asked as we both started to walk to the teleportation gate so we could get to the city beginners.
"Yeah, there's one quest that I want to do, which can only be done if I complete the camp quest." "It's a quest that I need to get from Duke Trepin's chef, but to enter the duke's castle, I need to complete this quest first." She answered me honestly.
'THE CHEF? WHAT KIND OF QUESTS DO YOU NEED FROM A CHEF…'
????????
"My production class is a chef." She said, to which I just nodded.
"AH, I heard about it again. That your production class is a chef." I said to her,
"Yes. I'm a culinary major even in the real world." She said,
"Aha, I heard production classes are hard to manage, but if you major in culinary, it must be a little easier for you," I asked her without trying to offend her.
"Exactly. I really enjoy it too."
'In this and most game worlds, the real world's talents affect production classes often.'
"Anyways, you're the first person around me who's a chef," I said as I gave my best smile.
Will I be able to eat one of your delicious dishes when I get a chance? I asked her. I can already smell the ferment of dei
"Of course!" She said it with excitement on her face.
And soon we reached our destination, as the quest NPC saw us.
"Oh, Sir John, you have a new party member." As he looked at the two of us.
"I think it'll be a little difficult for two, but..."
"I know your abilities, Sir John, so I'll leave it up to you."
"The advance unit left just now, so if you move quickly, you'll be able to catch up. Follow them and give them assistance."
'So someone or a whole party has already accepted the quest and is now on their way to clearing it. Which isn't good but nothing is done here now let's just finish this up and do another one.'
I thought as I read the new popup window.
[SOMUR VALLEY'S GOBLIN CAMP
SUBJUGATION
LUCIAN VILLAGE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
COMMANDER, LAPIERRE, IS INVITING PEOPLE FOR A MISSION TO HELP ASSIST IN THE SUBJUGATE OF A GOBLIN CAMP WITH THE ADVANCE UNIT. JOIN THE ADVANCE UNIT AND RAID THE GOBLIN CAMP.
QUEST DIFFICULTY, E
QUEST REQUIREMENTS: A PARTY OF 2 OR MORE
REWARD, GOLD BASED ON
CONTRIBUTION TO THE RAID.
GOBLINS SLAIN DURING THE QUEST GIVE
TWICE AS MANY EXPERIENCE POINTS.
WILL YOU ACCEPT THE QUEST?
[YES] [NO]]
"Sigh"
'The quest changed a little because we came late, but the reward is still the same." What a relief.'
"Harin, did you receive the quest?" I asked her while I clicked yes…
"Yes, I checked it."
"Then shall we move on?" I asked her, to which she nodded.
[Summon]
As I spoke those words, Lyx appeared in front of us.
"AH!" She muttered as she jumped into action.
"Everything's fine; it's my familiar, not a monster," I said, which eased her worries.
"HUUH? A FAMILIAR?" She said it louder than usual with a confused face.
"Yeah, something is bothering you...?" I asked her as my words settled into her mind.
"If you can summon a familiar, you must be a summoner." "But that class was released just a few days ago, so how are you doing this 'GOBLIN CAMP QUEST' already?" She said it with a wide, happy smile.
"AH, I was lucky. This wolf here is really overpowered." "I level up quickly, and I can take out these goblins without a hassle," I said to her, even though I knew this was a bad excuse, but if I tell her that I'm level 23, she won't want to form a party with me.
"AH AH, I SEE. I ENVY YOU." "I'm level 45, but I still run away. If I were to encounter even a goblin scout..." She said it with a little bit of shame on her face.
'W, What is this woman? Is she really believing what I'm saying? Does she trust me?'
"You focused mainly on production, so that must be why, haha...
Cooking is a helpful skill, but the game hasn't developed its full potential to make use of it yet." I said this while cheering her up.
'Even if she focused on production, how can she be level 45 and not be able to defeat a goblin scout?' I thought this was a story.
"Thanks for saying it like that. Well, I still enjoy cooking more than hunting, so I'm fine with that." She said this while returning to her cheerful self.
"Wow, this wolf is really cool." I have never seen a wolf of this breed."
"HEHE, it's probably because he's probably the only one of his kind in the whole world," I said with a prideful voice.
"Does it have a name?" She asked me as she walked near the big wolf.
"Yes. You can call it 'LYX'."
"AHA, the name is really cute and unique. hey, Lyx?" She said this while petting his head.
"Can I give him something to eat?" She asked me.
"Yeah, he'll probably like any kind of meat. Before meeting you, he was chewing goblins like bubblegum. And spitting them out," I said to her as a plate with a big piece of meat on it appeared in her hands.
She presented the plate to Lyx. who, after one smell, ate it whole in one go.
SOMUR VALLEY
"Captain. The new mercenaries have arrived."
"SUBJUGATION UNIT CAPTION HIT"
Who was wearing full gold customized armor?
"OH, you're the new mercenaries. Each and every one of you will be a huge help to this mission." Said the men in Golden Armor. "Thanks for coming a long way."
"I'm just doing my duty, sir," I said to the leader.
"I'm glad that we're not late for the quest.'
As I looked around, I saw many NPCs and players, but the players looked as if they had been beaten, as their heads were down with frowns on their faces.
"Are those other players? Did they have a bad day? They look uncomfortable?" Harin asked me.
Well, that's not our concern. We'll be in different battles anyway." I answered her as she nodded.
"KYAAA!!"
"CEEK-!" As we heard the loud screeches of goblins behind us, we turned around and saw waves of goblins wielding stone and metal weapons; some were even dressed.
"Today, we will clear out all these goblins from Somur Valley once and for all! All soldiers charge!" Screamed the Lord of the Army. While pointing at goblins.
"CEEK-!!"
"WAAA!!!!!" As all the soldiers charged at the goblins, the goblins did the same.
"Um, John... Will we be okay?" Harin asked me with a concerned voice.
"Everything will be fine. Just do as we talked about while we were coming here." I said that while coming here, we made a small plan for this quest.
"Is that enough? Then it'll just be you on the frontline of the battle." She said this as she cast buffs on us.
"PFF, that's not it. You'll have my back with all the buffs,
And even just your shields will be a great help." I encouraged her once more so she didn't feel let down.
'Harin's easily frightened personality made her really proficient at making shields.
The plan is simple. Harin protects herself with her shields.
Whenever her cool time ends, she'll give buffs to me and Lyx.
Harin's level is high compared to the goblins in the camp.
Plus, her radiant shield skill should be as good as that of a level 60.
So, it's almost impossible for Harin to die here. I'll use Harin as a tank!
If Harin blocks the attacks in front, I and Lyx will take the experience points!
Since I brought her here, I'll utilize all her strengths to maximize and bring out the maximum efficiency of two people.
Basically, she will be a meat shield.
If the plan fails or if she is worse than I thought, there's a chance that she'll die…'
"Instead of me, you can trust him." Bark," I said while petting my wolf, who barked back at us, agreeing with me.
'As long as Harin doesn't die, she should be able to get a huge amount of EXP herself.
"I'm definitely not putting her on the spot because she gave something delicious to Lyx instead of me.'
"KIYAA!!" As one of the goblins jumped at us, he was wearing some clothes and welding pickaxes. Then came some other ones, all of them with weapons, red eyes, and bloody grins.
As a green glow appeared around Harin, she was soon surrounded by a green octa core force field. and goblins attack the force field.
"Harin, how much mana do you have left?" I asked her while dogging one of the goblins attacks. As I knew, there must be a limit to how much I can keep this barrier
"I think I can last about 10 minutes more! don't worry!" She answered me, to which I nodded that it was good.
'She's better than I thought? She's still over level 40, so maybe I was overthinking?
...Harin seems to be unhampered…' I thought as I saw a goblin getting shocked by Lyx's thunder fang and dying.
These goblins are much stronger than the goblin scouts, but Lyx seems to be dominating them.
[YOU HAVE SLAIN A [GOBLIN WARRIOR]. YOU GAINED 910 EXPERIENCE POINTS.]
[YOU HAVE SLAIN A [GOBLIN WARRIOR]. YOU GAINED 910 EXPERIENCE POINTS.]
I'm splitting the experience points with Harin and Lyx, but this is still a huge amount!
[LEVEL UP YOU ARE NOW LEVEL 25]
[LEVEL UP. YOU ARE NOW LEVEL 26.]
'This is it! My way to cheat the system and get my first waifu'
....
3rd Person Pov.
"What's with this guy?" Said one of the three groups of adventures
As Lyx used his super speed and took out goblins with slashes, which spilled blood everywhere.
"He seems to be a summoner, but is his level high enough to be here?" asked for the dues from himself while looking at John.
"Falcon, Millon, come over here." Said another dude in white and blue with a spear from behind Falcon's back.
"Why? What's wrong?" Asked the only female in the group, as she looked like a sorceress support type.
"What do you think about that?" Said Falcon while pointing at Lyx and John.
"What about it?" Asked both together as they saw how easily the wolf was playing with the goblins.
"If he's a summoner hunting here, he has to be at least level 40…
But his combat ability indicates that he's above level 60!" Said the man in white, while the female nodded.
"How can he even be level 40 when the summoner's class was just released?" Falcon pointed to an obvious flaw in the man's thinking. "He has to be level 20 at most.
"Huh! You're right!" Said the female, as now she thinks about it, so no one can level up so fast.
"Yeah! I saw it in the forums. The only confirmed summoners on the forums were at best level 17 or 18!" Said the man in white as he remembered what he had read a few days ago.
"Then what could that summoner's wolf be?" Said the female on the side while both Lyx and John continued to kill the goblins.
"Could it be...an artifact enchanted with a monster sum- moning spell?" Said the man in white as the three of them nodded.
"Yes, that's exactly my thought." Said, Falcon.
"Taking a quick look at their fighting style, that cleric doesn't know what she's doing, and that guy is nothing without that wolf."
"She's fighting at close range with a staff and doesn't even seem to have any dangerous spells." Said Falcon with a wide, toothy grin.
"ARE YOU SAYING THAT WE SHOULD PK THEM?" Said the female out loud.
"Bring your voice down, Millon." Said the white robber guy to the female millionaire
"Ah, okay, sorry." Million nodded.
"But aren't you making this decision too rashly?" Said Million with a down face.
"If we don't get any good equipment, it won't even cover our losses." Said, Falcon.
"The PK penalty is quite severe too. It's not easy to get rid of the murderer tag, you know." Said the guy in white, reminding them of the penalty for PK without any event, especially these days.
This put everyone in thought, as he wasn't wrong; it's not easy to get rid of the murder tag.
...…
John Pov
or a skill that is related to it at least, and then you get a random skill,
They're not both random.
The skill that I'm most proficient in at the moment is...
This.'
I thought while looking at the new window that just popped in front of me.
[[INTERMEDIATE TRAINING]
TYPE: ACTIVE SKILL
SKILL LEVEL: LV.3 PROFICIENCY: 79%
COOLDOWN TIME: 25 MINUTES
- FOR 15 MINUTES YOU CAN SELECT A
FAMILIAR TO BE IN A TRAINING] STATE.
A FAMILIAR IN A [TRAINING] STATE WILL
RECEIVE A BOOST IN UNDERSTANDING
ORDERS AND LEARN FROM THOSE
ORDERS.]
MORE [TRAINING] BOOSTS THE FAMILIAR'S
[HIDDEN POTENTIAL]. THE HIGHER THE
INTERMEDIATE TRAINING] SKILL LEVEL,
THE GREATER THE HIDDEN POTENTIAL
INCREASES.]]
'[INTERMEDIATE TRAINING] is essentially a hidden potential enhancement skill... So will I get a skill related to boosting hidden potentials?'
I thought as I avoided the goblin who tried to strike me by stepping aside I struck the goblin's head with my staff, breaking his skull in while I continued to think.
The other skill will be random. But I hope I get a skill related to capturing.
"John, I only have 5% of my mana left!" Hearing me look at her, it seemed like trouble surrounded by tens of goblins.
"LYX, GO HELP HARIN!" I said this while looking at Lyx, who was killing goblins left and right. "AND YOU SHOULD STEP BACK A LITTLE HARIN!" I said to Harin as Lyx ran to her while she did as told.
"KEA!!
CEEK-!!" And once he reached Harin, he started to use his speed and claws to end goblins quickly.
[FAMILIAR [LAI] INFLICTED CRITICAL
DAMAGE TO [GOBLIN SCOUTS]!]
[GOBLIN WARRIOR]'S HEALTH DECREASI↑
BY 1675 (94% OF TOTAL HEALTH).]
And soon he was done with the goblins who were surrounding Harin.
[GOBLIN WARRIOR]'S HEALTH DECREASED
BY 1675 (94% OF TOTAL HEALTH).]
[YOU HAVE SLAIN A [GOBLIN WARRIOR].
YOU GAIN 921 EXPERIENCE POINTS.]
"THANKS, Lyx." I thanked the bloody wolf, who seemed to bathe in the blood of goblins.
as he smiles while looking at Harin, who also thanked him.
'Huh, that pup is being all friendly to Harin?"
He's not even that friendly to me!
"Let's first complete this quest!" I said this as I saw Harin petting the bloody wolf, who also seemed to be enjoying the petting.
"??" He looked at me with a face that seemed to be filled with a bunch of question marks.
....
3rd Person Pov.
As we went to the goblin village. The village looked a little bit advanced, as it was filled with tents filled with clothing.
"CEEK!!
CEEEK!!" A few goblins came running towards the biggest tent and started to scream in front of it.
Then an old goblin with a big beard and a high-class magical staff in his hands came out of the tent. He looked around, and he could see the humans were soon to be here.
"KILL THEM ALL!" He commanded all goblins, and he commanded in a properly human way, displaying his intelligence as he not only could speak human language but also learned it from somewhere.
"CEEK!!"
"EYAP!" All the goblins cheered as they screeched.
As the goblin lifted his hand, a bright and red flame appeared on the staff of the old goblin as the flames grew bigger and bigger.
And soon it turned into a small cyclone. Boom!" and the goblin threw the cyclone of flames at the adventurers who had reached the village
*AHHH!"
"SAVE ME!"
"MY ARMOR CAUGHT FIRE!" NPCs screamed as they ran around randomly, trying to avoid the instant flames.
As the NPC leader, the chief of the village came in front of the flames.
"IS THAT THE CHIEF?" Said one of the NPCs.
"ALL SOLDIERS CHARGE!" The chief commanded, and everyone followed.
"THE COMBAT WILL END IF WE KILL HIM!" The chief screamed.
...
John Pov
[ALL ALLIES MORALE INCREASES BY 30%]
"W A A A A A A!!!" NPCs and players screamed as they charged at the goblin chief.
[ALL ABILITIES INCREASE BY 10% FOR 20
MINUTES.]
"GO! LYX! ATTACK HIM!" I commanded after I was done with all buffs, and he ran at the goblin chief using his super speed skill, which still had a few minutes left before the cooldown started.
As he was so fast that he cut any goblin that came his way, ending them. "KOUUUUUUUU"
As he howled, showing its bloody teeth that had sparks of electricity in them.
"WHAT!" said the goblin in shock when he saw the huge wolf.
"Holy sh*t, the goblin could talk," I said out loud when I heard goblin words. I didn't know that monsters could talk. This was very new.
"KELKELKEL! YOU'RE JUST LEATHER TAKEN IN BY HUMANS!" Said the goblin chief as he lifted his hands.
But he didn't have time to do anything as Lyx directly attacked the goblin chief's left shoulder.
[FAMILIAR [LAI] INFLICTED CRITICAL
DAMAGE TO [CHIEF GOBLIN]!]
[CHIEF GOBLIN]'S HEALTH DECREASED BY
1215 (0.7% OF TOTAL HEALTH).]
[CHIEF GOBLIN] IS NOW [BLEEDING] AND
LOSING 243 HEALTH POINTS PER SECOND
FOR 10 SECONDS.]
The goblin chief had wide eyes as his blood splashed everywhere. And it didn't stop as he continued to bleed.
"NOW! ALL FOCUS ON HIM!" Said the caption guard. With his hands in the air.
WAAAAAAAAA!" all the other soldiers gave the war cry.
"Boom" "Aaaa! Uhhhh!" The goblin chief used some kind of skill to create a wind wave that sent soldiers flying and even cracked the ground below his feet.
But again, he was slashed by Lyx, who just got up after the attack and attacked the goblin chief.
[CHIEF GOBLIN]'S HEALTH DECREASED
TO 52071 (30% OF TOTAL HEALTH).]
"KAA!!" screamed the goblin chief as he felt pain all over his body.
Then something happened, and smoke started to surround him, and I knew it wouldn't be something good. "KAA!!" His look changed.
[CHIEF GOBLIN] HAS ENTERED A
<BERSERK STATE.]
"KWAAA-!" screamed the goblin chief as a red wind surrounded him.
"Boom Boom Boom"
"WHAT'S HAPPENING SUDDENLY!"
"AHH!"
"IT'S FEAR FIRE! DODGE!"
As the goblin chief fired a beam of red into the ground, a small explosion started to happen, and I felt something was going to happen as I jumped aside, but it was too late.
[YOU WERE HIT BY [CHAIN EXPLOSION].
684 DAMAGE TAKEN.]
I was able to escape from the explosion, but a rock collided with my knee, and I felt a jolt of pain assault my body.
"AH!
"OUCH, THIS REALLY HURTS!"
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