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“Who wants to team up with me on a double quest? I’m a level 87 healing and illusion double!”

“Recruiting people for a triple quest with a level 39 triple! I have fire, water and earth magic!”

“I’ll buy that Flame Stone!”

“Selling Marks of Wind! I spend a lot of effort to get these! There are only 2 left!”

Soo Hyuk arrived at the Northern entrance of the Central Spire . Similar to the Southern entrance, there were a lot a of people around the Northern entrance .

Soo Hyuk passed these users and went into the Spire . Then, he climbed up the stairs to the fourth floor .

‘So, I just walk up to him?’

When Soo Hyuk arrived at the fourth floor, he spotted Kerza behind his station . There was no one lining up in front of him .

But since his station wasn’t for ordinary users, it made sense that there was no one in line . While thinking this, Soo Hyuk walked up to Kerza .

“Excuse me . ”

Suddenly, an unfamiliar man in a line next to him blocked Soo Hyuk with his arm .

“……?”

Soo Hyuk stopped before he could bump into the man’s arm and looked at the man with a suspicious gaze .

“You have to line up . ”

The man said when Soo Hyuk looked at him . When Soo Hyuk heard his words, he could understand what the man was worried about .

‘Does he think I’m cutting the line?”

Although Soo Hyuk could understand what the unfamiliar man was worried about, that wasn’t his intention in the first place .

“Yes, I know . ”

Soo Hyuk replied as he pushed past the man’s arm and continued heading towards Kerza .

Maybe Kerza sensed someone looking at him, when Soo Hyuk was approaching him, he looked up from his work and spotted Soo Hyuk .

“You’re finally here!”

Kerza exclaimed as he stood up . And a message appeared in front Soo Hyuk at that moment .

[You have completed the Quest ‘Immeasurable Talent’ . ]

It was the quest completion message .

“Hello . ”

Soo Hyuk greeted Kerza . Kerza signalled him to sit down on the chair opposite him and tidied up his desk .

“So… . I came here because you told me to . ”

Soo Hyuk just wanted to finish this quickly . He had to get back to the library and his books!

“Here you go . ”

Maybe Kerza sensed his mood . After rummaging his drawer for a bit, he handed him an envelope without any introductions .

“……?”

Soo Hyuk looked at the envelope and looked up at Kerza again . Thinking that Soo Hyuk was expecting an explanation, Kerza said .

“Take this to the Tower of Poison . ”

As soon as he finished, a message appeared again .

[To the Tower of Poison]

[The NPC you need to meet is at the Tower of Poison . Take the envelope from Kerza and go to the Tower of Poison!]

[Quest Reward: ??? ]

[Cannot Reject, Cannot Cancel]

Looking at the quest, Soo Hyuk thought .

‘……There’s no time limit . ’

Unlike the ‘Immeasurable Talent’ quest, ‘To the Tower of Poison’ didn’t have a time limit .

‘Then do I really have to go?’

Soo Hyuk couldn’t cancel or reject this quest, but that was it . If he wanted, he could probably leave it alone indefinitely . There was no need to cancel or reject .

‘Phew……’

“Yes, of course . ”

Soo Hyuk replied while sighing and smiling in relief . Then when he received the envelope, two messages appeared .

[You have accepted the quest, ‘To the Tower of Poison’ . ]

[You have obtained ‘Kerza’s Recommendation’ . ]

After he checked the messages, he stood up .

“Then I’ll take my leave . ”

Soo Hyuk bid farewell to Kerza while putting away the envelope .

“Yes, have a nice day . ”

After he separated from Kerza, Soo Hyuk headed down to the first floor of the Spire . He was going to head back to the Matab Library .

But when he was leaving through the northern entrance, he heard a shout .

“W-wait!”

Soo Hyuk could tell that the owner of the voice was running towards him from his breathlessness and hoarse voice .

“……?”

Soo Hyuk turned around to look for the owner of the voice .

‘The person from before?’

Soo Hyuk tilted his head when he realised who the owner of the shout was . Soo Hyuk had seen him before, but he didn’t know him either .

The person who shouted was the man from the fourth floor who previously blocked Soo Hyuk .

“Do you have business with me?”

Soo Hyuk asked the man with a polite smile .

“I-I have something to ask . ”

Then the man’s next words transformed his smile into a heavy frown .

* * *

‘Oh, f*ck . ’

Adilo cursed internally .

‘What is this bullsh*t . ’

Why did he have to line up? Adilo was very frustrated at his current situation . Of course, he could skip the line just because he was frustrated .

The reason he was lining up, wasn’t because he wanted to take a quest or become a Magician . He wouldn’t be so frustrated if this was the case . The reason he was so annoyed was because he had to line up for another person .

“Why did I brag?”

When he was on lunch break at his company with his colleagues, the topic turned into Pangea . Adilo was currently over level 200 . Since the topic was about Pangea, he had bragged about his progress, and the CEO’s son took interest in the conversation .

The problem occurred when the CEO’s son asked for help, since he had only just started Pangea .

Reject his request? Adilo had only just bought a house with a loan from the company . He couldn’t do it, so he had to help the CEO’s son after work . But he was helping in Pangea……

-TheGrandMage: Where are you?

-Adilo: I’m lining up at the fourth floor .

-TheGrandMage: I’m at the third floor right now .

-Adilo: Okay!

Adilo replied in the chat and looked towards the staircase . He was waiting for the CEO’s son to come up .

‘Hmm?’

There was a young man who was ignoring the line .

‘Cutting the line?’

Was he going to cut the line?

“Excuse me . ”

Adilo stretched out his hand to block the young man

“……?”

The young man looked at Adilo with a suspicious expression when he was blocked . Noticing his expression, Adilo continued .

“You have to line up . ”

“Yes, I know . ”

The young man pushed aside his hand while replying . Then he continued walking to the front .

‘If he knows then why?……Hmm?’

Why is he still walking if he knows? While having this thought, he followed the young man with his eyes . But when he saw the young man going past the normal station, he was slightly embarrassed and surprised .

‘But over there……’

The young man was heading towards the Head Manager of the fourth floor, Kerza . There were 12 spots where normal users used, and then there were 3 meant for the special users . The young man was greeting Kerza, who manned the station meant for the most special people .

“Wha……?”

Why was he sitting there? What kind of person was he?

“Park Kyung-Ho?”

Adilo was pulled out of his thoughts after the familiar voice .

“You’ve come . ”

Adilo hurriedly handed his spot back to the CEO’s son . Then he glanced at Kerza’s station .

‘An envelope?’

Kerza was handing the young man a sealed envelope . What was in the envelope?

“What’s over there?”,

Kim Hyuk, the CEO’s son asked Adilo .

“Ah, that’s where people go for special business . ”

“Special business?”

“Yes, either for people with special jobs or for special quests……”

‘Wait……F*ck . ’

Adilo, who was answering Kim Hyuk, internally cursed again . Because the look in Kim Hyuk’s eyes had changed .

‘Why did I say that?’

Kim Hyuk was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and he also had a massive ego . He was interested in the special jobs before this, so it was almost impossible for him to not show any interest .

Adilo thought that something very nasty was going to come up again .

“Then is that person doing something special over there?”

“Yes . ”

“And it could be about special jobs?”

Kim Hyuk asked .

“There’s a possibility . ”

“I’m curious about what he’s doing . ”

“……What?”

Adilo suddenly felt very flustered .

“I said I’m curious . About whether if it’s about a special job or not . ”

Kim Hyuk said calmly .

“Ah……”

Adilo lamented at Kim Hyuk’s orders . He had said that he was curious . But it also meant something else .

“I’ll find out right away . ”

Adilo conceded in a small voice . Kim Hyuk didn’t say anything to Adilo’s reply . He merely tilted his head to the young man .

‘Now I have to do this as well . Damn it . ”

Adilo swore while he looked over at the special station . The young man was getting up right now .

‘Well, I was curious too . Hahaha……’

Adilo pondered about how he could approach the young man .

‘How should I ask? He won’t just tell me if I randomly come up to him……”

Should he tell his job first? But it was just a normal job unlike the young man’s . He definitely wouldn’t tell him like that .

‘Force him?’

There was always that option . There was a high possibility if he threatened with a PK . (TL: Player Kill)

If you died in Pangea, you would lose 1 level, three points from all your stats, lose one random possession, and 24-hour inaccessibility penalty .

While Adilo was thinking, the young man had already left the fourth floor . Adilo was staring at the staircase where the young man had gone down when he felt a chill down his spine . Kim Hyuk was staring at him with a chilling gaze . Seeing the cold gaze, Adilo hastily made an awkward smile and quickly chased after the young man .

“Let’s just ask first . ”

There was the possibility that he would just tell him . Adilo quickly came to a decision while he was in pursuit .

‘He’s fast . ’

Adilo hurriedly looked around the 1st floor . Did he have something urgent? The young man was walking abnormally fast .

‘There he is!’

Adilo finally managed to spot him near the Northern entrance .

“W-wait!”

Adilo shouted while he ran after him .

“……Do you have some business with me?”

“I-I want to ask you something . ”

Adilo hurriedly said when the young man responded .

“Can you tell me what you were doing at Kerza’s desk?”

The young man didn’t immediately reply . But Adilo could also guess the answer from his frown .

“I don’t want to . ”

Adil’s guess was right . The young man turned around again and walked away . Looking at the young man’s silhouette, Adilo thought .

‘I knew this would happen . ’

It was an obvious conclusion . Who was going to tell what?

If he returned now, he going to get reprimanded for not fulfilling the request, giving up too easily, and lack of ability .

‘Let’s follow him . ’

Adilo started tailing the young man from a distance . He could give up, but maybe he could discover something interesting .

‘But, I’m really curious now as well . ’

Adilo thought as he tailed the young man .

‘What did they talk about? What’s that envelope?’

There was a user who talked with Kerza before . He was now flying his banner as a Midranker .

‘Should I kill him? He might drop the envelope . ’

His mind was wandering to all sorts of thoughts .

* * *

Soo Hyuk smiled when he reached the library . He had finally taken care of everything . He didn’t need to do any quest or whatever . There was only the bliss of reading books left now .

‘I understand why he came after me……’

Of course, there was still something on his mind . It was the man who came after him at the Spire .

‘Yeah, I don’t care . It looked like he gave up anyway . ’

Getting rid of the thought, Soo Hyuk approached the library entrance .