Chapter 283: Dungeon (3)
Of course, my level has increased a lot until now.
My Intellect, in particular, has gone up enormously.
It was in the late 30,000s before, but now it is in the mid 40,000s.
What made it possible was the functional stat ring that raised my Intellect by 4999 instantly.
“Wow!”
I exclaimed before I knew it.
The stats in the status window were so high that I had no choice but to question whether I really achieved so much.
However, I could not keep admiring my remarkable achievements, so I invested the remaining 10 stat points I just acquired through leveling up in Intellect before closing the status window.
[Super Beauty: Juyoung, when are you coming?]
[Lumen: Um… How is the situation there?]
[Super Beauty: Gosh, they are so nervous and desperate.]
Indonesia’s Novo Guild informed us about the quest with 30,000 coins as part of the reward.
After several days of investigation, I decided not to pursue it because it was a quest in reality where only my reality actualization rate applied, and so there was a chance that I would actually die.
The Novo Guild, who gave us such information, made the same judgment as us.
Of course, I was confident of clearing the quest because I had some other options even if I was bound by my 33% reality actualization rate in reality. However, I gave it up because I was not desperate enough to take the risk no matter how slim it was.
But when the message appeared that those who entered the cave were still alive and that the dungeon would self-destruct and kill those inside when the one-week quest period was over, the leader of the Novo Guild visited the Myongjin Shelter directly.
So, I continued to play Revival Legend without logging out.
As a matter of fact, the quest was only available for one more week, and the number of coins in the reward increased from 30,000 to 60,000, so I could not help but covet it this time.
Considering that 10,000 to 15,000 coins were usually given as a reward in large quests, this quest’s rewards were huge considering it would give more than 40,000 coins to whoever cleared it.
So, I decided to challenge it from the moment that I was informed that the leader of the Novo Guild was rushing to see me. In fact, I thought I should do it unconditionally because the reward of 60,000 coins was really attractive to me.
Of course, I did not immediately meet with the leader of the Novo Guild after making my decision. I didn’t feel it necessary to volunteer to challenge the quest first with time on my side, while the Novo Guild leader was very desperate.
So I continued to hunt even though I was informed that the Novo Guild delegation led by their leader had already arrived at the Myongjin Shelter.
But it seemed I had made them impatient enough, so I replied to my sister.
[Lumen: Let me log out now.]
[Super Beauty: Okay.]
I finished messaging her, then quickly moved to the exit using Blink with zero cooldown.
At the Myongjin Shelter’s reception room.
As soon as I entered the reception room, the first thing that caught my eye was a person pacing up and down instead of sitting in a chair, as if he was nervous.
Of course, I knew who he was because I was informed about him in advance.
He was Maulama, the leader of Indonesia’s Novo Guild.
He ran toward me as soon as he noticed me entering the reception room.
Then he grabbed my hands tightly and said, “Asirante! Juyoung Hong! Please! Please help us!”
“Calm down.”
It seemed that he could not focus on my words.
He continued quickly, “There are only six days left. And we have 80 people trapped inside the cave!”
According to him, the Novo Guild dispatched 30 members first to the cave, and then another 50 members, all of whom had raised their reality actualization rate. So, each of them was extremely precious to the guild. And moreover, he said that the 50 who were dispatched to save the 30 members were elite members of the Novo Guild. In other words, the Novo Guild had no choice but to save them as soon as possible, given the one-week limit. If they had not known about the survival of the 80 members, the guild leader would not have cared at all, but since he came to know that they were alive, he could not give them up under any circumstances.
However, he was afraid to send another elite team to the cave because of the previous painful failures, and if he failed once more, the Novo Guild would suffer a devastating loss that might be impossible to recover from.
That’s why he rushed to see me in person.
I said calmly, “If the information you gave me is true, wouldn’t I be bound by the reality actualization rate, too? That means my life is at stake…”
He might think I was too cold-hearted and ruthless.
But obviously, I had no clear reason to help them. Besides, this quest would put my life in danger even if the probability of me losing my life was 0.00001%.
“…”
Maulama, the guild leader, became gloomy quickly after hearing my words.
So much so that anybody who saw his expression would feel guilty.
However, the leader of the Novo Guild was the head of a business group that ranked amongst the top three in Indonesia. So, he must have thoroughly researched my background.
Perhaps he thought he could win over my heart if he desperately appealed to my emotions. Of course, I clearly felt a sense of desperation in his face, but he was not desperate enough like a bird trying desperately to save its baby.
So, I had no intention of just accepting his request.
As if he read my mind, Maulama mentioned what I wanted finally.
“I will definitely compensate you reasonably! Please help us!”
“Um…”
I didn’t give him a firm answer right away because I still had plenty of time, unlike them.
The next day, my mother stopped me and asked, “Do you have to do it by all means?”
“Well, you’re right, mom. As you said, I don’t have to do it.”
30 billion golden rings and a significant number of weapons, armor, and accessory enhancement stones. That’s what Naulama promised to give me as a reward.
Of course, all the rewards I would get while proceeding with the quest would be mine.
But my mom and sister, as well as my father wished I would not do it.
No matter how low the probability of me losing my life, the worst situation still existed.
So, my family told me to take Myongjin’s ace players with me if I really wanted to.
But I refused to take them with me.
I said, “They will just be a burden to me. I could be in danger if I had to save them when I could escape alone.”
I was really comfortable challenging the quest alone. As a matter of fact, I would have a higher chance of clearing it alone because I could display 100% of my abilities when I didn’t need to defend anybody, let alone being able to move quickly with Blink.
So, I reassured my family members as well as my brother’s wife, then moved to Indonesia.
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