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“Here you go . ”

After arriving at the library Soo Hyuk gave his token to the librarian and strided through the entrance . Inside the library, he headed towards a bookshelf while thinking,

‘Will there be more?’

Will there be another coloured book this time?

‘Yellow would be best . ’

The shocking passive ‘Troll Blood’ . Soo Hyuk looked forward to more yellow books because of that fraudulent skill .

Soo Hyuk started slowly search through the books after reaching the bookshelves . But it seemed he hadn’t fulfilled anymore conditions since there were only white books around him .

‘There’s none . Well, it’s true that I only hunted trolls . ’

He had even managed to get the title ‘Enemy of all Trolls’!

‘How long will it take?’

He thought as he pulled out books from a new bookshelf . How much longer would it take for him to read all the books in Matab Library?

‘There’re still a lot of books left…’

The library was huge .

‘But there’s a lot of copies of the same book . ’

He was thinking about the books that were in Oren Library . There were copies of the same book in Oren, around 4 . However, in Matab, there were around 5 to 10 copies of the same book .

As a result, the bright while lights in the library was rapidly dwindling . At this, it wouldn’t take very long to conquer the entire library .

After choosing 6 books from the bookshelf, Soo Hyuk returned to his reading desk . Then he opened his book . He was full of concentration as he started reading .

* * *

“Hah, I’m going crazy . ”,

Yang Joo Hyuk thought as he stared at the monitor .

‘Level 500 already is too fast . ’

The player who climbed at an amazing speed from day 1, Hunting King . His current status had recently reached level 500 . For some reason, Hunting King hadn’t put his name on the rankings . But what if he suddenly did?

‘It would be a big issue . The number 1 is going to change after all . ’

The current no . 1 ranker was level 398 . Number 2 was 393 . There was a difference of 5 levels, but Hunting King was level 500, with an enormous 102 level difference .

‘Even if he was a tester, this speed is too fast . ’

A 102 level difference . His levelling speed was unmatched among other users .

Being a tester, Hunting King had a lot of initial knowledge about Pangea . And using that knowledge, he monopolised all the best hunting areas .

‘What are the other testers even doing . ’

Of course, there were also other testers . They were also showing an extremely fast growth, but it felt severely lacking compared to Hunting King .

“Team leader . ”

“…?”

Yang Joo Hyuk turned to the person calling him . It was Jang Yool .

“What is it?”

He asked .

“It’s tomorrow . ”

“…Tomorrow?”

Yang Joo Hyuk cocked his head in confusion . Was there something important tomorrow?

“Ah!”

He then quickly realised what Jang Yool was talking about .

“Has that much time passed already?”

Time really flew when he was busy .

“Tell me when he completes it . ”

“Yes . ”

Yang Joo Hyuk turned back around after Jang Yool replied . Then he called Jang Yool once more as he faced his computer .

“Yool-ah”(TL: Casual way of calling first names . )

“Yes?”

“Where is he now?”

“He’s in the library . ”

* * *

Ti-li-ling!

The alarm rang inside the exercise room .

Hearing the alarm blare, Soo Hyuk climbed down from his treadmill . His expression was full of energy as he stopped the alarm .

‘It finally came . ’

The reason for his joy .

‘The final day of the quest . ’

His month-long endeavour was finally coming to an end .

Full of energy, Soo Hyuk ran down to the first floor and raced to his room after quickly taking a shower . Then after briefly checking his phone, he connected to Pangea .

The darkness inside the capsule changed to the scene of the Matab library . Soo Hyuk exited the library and headed to the Tower of Poison while opening his quest window .

[30-Day Endeavour]

You, who lacks poison resistance! Pavian will boost your immunity . Take Pavian’s poison once a day!

[Take Pavian’s special poison: 29 / 30 ]

[Quest Reward: Title – Poison Maestro]

He would gain the title ‘Poison Maestro’ after finishing the quest . He was eager to discover the title’s effects .

‘It would be good, right?’

He didn’t know what the effects would be, but it couldn’t be bad . It had taken an entire month, and more than anything, Pavian himself had given this quest . There was no way that it could be bad .

‘Titles are good but…’

Pavian had also promised him something else . It was magic . Pavian told Soo Hyuk that he would teach him poison magic .

‘Please let it be another quest . ’

Of course, just because Pavian said he would teach him didn’t mean he would be able to learn it . This was because Pavian could teach him through skill books .

Because of the special characteristics of Archmage’s Descendant, Soo Hyuk couldn’t learn skills from skill books . While praying that it wouldn’t be a skill book, Soo Hyuk closed the quest window .

A few minutes after, Soo Hyuk arrived at the Tower of Poison and naturally climbed up to the 4th floor . Like usual, the women at the entrance escorted him to Pavian’s room .

Tap! Tap!

“Soo Hyuk-nim is here . ”

“Come in!”

At Pavian’s words, the women opened the door and stood to the side . Soo Hyuk entered the room .

“You came . ”

Soo Hyuk asked as soon as he entered .

“Is that the last poison?”

As he sat down, he could see a vial on the table mixed full of unfamiliar liquids .

“Hmm, this is the last one . ”

Pavian held out the vial as he replied . Soo Hyuk took the vial from Pavian and drained all its contents in one gulp .

‘Oh? It’s quite sweet?’

Soo Hyuk realised as the poison passed down his throat . All the poison so far hadn’t tasted very good . But was it because this one was special? Its sweetness stood out from rest of the poison he had taken so far .

‘But why isn’t there a message yet?’

He wondered as he waited . System message alerting him of various status conditions usually popped up straight away . But this time, the system messages didn’t appear after a few seconds .

“How’s the taste?”

Pavian asked at that moment .

“It’s quite sweet . ”

Soo Hyuk replied .

“Really?”

Pavian erupted into a bright smile at his words .

“…?”

Why did Pavian suddenly smile?

“To think that poison was sweet, your resistance has risen quite a bit . It’s a success!”

Pavian shouted when Soo Hyuk was feeling doubtful .

[Quest ’30 Day-Endeavour’ has been completed .

[Title: Poison Maestro has been obtained . ]

‘Ah…’

Soo Hyuk realised as he stared at the sudden messages .

‘You have to resist the last poison to succeed . ’

This seemed likely as this was originally a quest aimed to raise his poison resistance . If he was still poisoned on the last day, then could it really be called a success?

‘Is he going to teach me poison magic now?’

Soo Hyuk looked away from the system message and asked Pavian .

“Umm…what method will you use to teach me magic?”

This was particularly important . He had to know if he was going to get a skill book or a skill quest .

“Wait a moment . ”

Pavian rose from his seat at Soo Hyuk’s words . Then he walked over to the bookshelf on the left .

‘I have to read those as well…’

Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but crave for the books on the bookshelf . It was full of silver shine .

‘Wait a minute . ’

Soo Hyuk’s expression hardened as a thought crossed his mind .

‘Why a book…’

Pavian had pulled out a book from the bookshelf .

‘It’s not a skill book . ’

Skill books didn’t have the colourful shine unlike normal books . That meant, the book Pavian had pulled out wasn’t a skill book .

‘Then a skill quest? But it’s white . ’

The book that Pavian pulled out was white, not yellow .

“Here you go . ”

While Soo Hyuk’s mind was in a mess from the unexpected situation, Pavian held out four shining white books to him . Soo Hyuk stared at the books then at Pavian, expecting an explanation .

“When using magic, your own path is very important . That’s why I believe that it’s unhealthy for others to teach you . For me anyway . ”

Soo Hyuk sense of crisis was rising as Pavian continued,

“Look at the book and move your mana . ”

His sense of crisis was still growing gradually .

“With your talent, you should succeed in one or two tries . ”

Seemingly not sensing Soo Hyuk’s discomfort, Pavian continued his instructions .

“You also have no risk of poisoning yourself now . Haha!”

Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but feel disappointed .

‘What…’

It wasn’t a skill book or a skill quest .

‘Move my mana according to the book?’

How would a user like Soo Hyuk move their mana?

‘Sigh…’

This couldn’t be it . It was a chance to learn magic from the Poison Spire Lord himself . He wasn’t going to let this once-in-a-lifetime chance go to waste .

‘I have to get a quest . ’

He had to push Pavian for a skill quest .

“Ah!”

But he has surprised once again when he heard Pavian’s following words .

“I’ve prepared all the materials needed to use poison, so you can come get them whenever you like . You can either come to me or Kale .

“…Materials?”

“Hmm, to cast poison magic, you need many things . If you ever need anything, tell me anytime . I’ve gotten everything there is to get . ”

Soo Hyuk gulped in response to Pavian’s words .

‘All the materials used for poison magic?’

His mind, which was set on a skill quest, changed when he considered the weight behind those words .

‘All the materials? Then…’

Soo Hyuk didn’t need to spend any gold into casting poison magic . It was a reward comparable to a skill quest as he would probably save thousands of gold in the future . He would be stupid if he didn’t take advantage of this .

‘If I challenge the Door of Poison…’

If he was given a skill quest, then it would overlap with the skills he gained from opening the Door of Poison . But the situation had changed now .

He wouldn’t be able to learn magic from Pavian, but all the materials were prepared for him . Plus, they would try to acquire any materials that he could need .

‘Doesn’t this also mean that I can complete most of the skill quests at once?’

The skill quests for poison magic likely needed poison materials like the quests for fire magic . Hence, he wouldn’t be able to learn poison magic from Pavian, but he would be able to complete most of the poison skill quests at once .

“If you’re confused about something, then feel free to ask me . ”

Soo Hyuk was sucked out of his thoughts when Pavian spoke . Then matching Pavian’s smiling face, he replied,

“Yes!”