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“What?”

Yang Joo Hyuk couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise at Jang Yool’s reply .

“Wasn’t he just level 120?”

Although he couldn’t remember exactly, he recalled hearing that Soo Hyuk’s level was around 120 this morning . But now it was 167?

“Did he go to a high-level hunting area?”

This wasn’t impossible . Yang Joo Hyuk knew Soo Hyuk’s abilities very well . With his stats, he could manage high-level monsters well . In other words, Soo Hyuk could get experience unthinkable for those around his level easily .

“Yes, he’s hunting level 200~250 ogres on the Crimson Mountains . The twin headed ogres as well . ”

“Why did he go there?”

“He has a quest where he has to find a named triple headed ogre . He looks like he’s hunting on the way . ”

* * *

Soo Hyuk was silent .

’11:57 . ’

His log out time had come .

‘Just,’

Soo Hyuk frowned as he stared at the system time .

‘Where is it?’

He had roamed around the mountain range in search for the triple headed ogre, Orem . However, he couldn’t find him in the end . All he found were normal ogres and twin headed ogres .

Of course, he hadn’t searched the entire mountain range yet . The Crimson Mountains were wide, so he had only managed to search a portion of it .

‘A promotion quest is a promotion quest . ’

He had thought that he would breeze through this quest, but it was a B-rank promotion quest after all . Soo Hyuk opened his quest window .

[King of the Mountain Range]

The reason ogres of the Crimson Mountains are moving in groups, is because a king has appeared on the mountain range . Find out who the king is and report to the agency!

[Triple Head Ogre Orem: 0 / 1 ]

[Quest Reward: B-Rank Promotion]

[The quest will be considered complete once Orem is found . ]

[The quest will be cancelled on death . Note: if the cause of death is from Orem, the quest penalty will not apply . ]

Soo Hyuk looked at the quest and thought,

‘He didn’t get killed already, right?’

He wondered if the boss was killed by others already . Soo Hyuk had seen people that only hunted boss monsters before . It was definitely a possibility .

‘If it was…’

What if Orem was already dead?

‘Kuu…’

It was difficult .

‘I can’t just cancel the quest . ’

The penalty caught his mind . And also, even if he did get another promotion quest, it didn’t guarantee that he would save more time . Soo Hyuk scrolled down further and checked Romian’s quest, ‘Preparation Time’ .

[Preparation Time]

Romian hadn’t expected that you would bring back the key so quickly . He thought that you would’ve taken at least one week . Also, Romian himself needs one week, as his body is still injured and he needs to prepare for the exploration . Find Romian again after one week!

[Key to Phantom Thief Celta’s Secret Cave: 1 / 1 ]

[Time Left: 7 days ]

[Quest Reward: Quest – Cave Exploration]

‘Can I find Orem before then?’

7 days later, Soo Hyuk had to go to Romian . Would he be able to complete this quest before then?

‘Yes, 7 days should be enough . ’

7 days was enough to scour through the mountain range . He would be able to find out if somebody was hunting Orem, or if he was just searching in the wrong place .

Soo Hyuk closed his quest window and opened his character window . Although he couldn’t find Orem, he hadn’t just wasted his time . There was some gain .

Class: Archmage’s Descendant

Level: 167 Experience: 23%

Health: 111600 Mana: 70300

Satiation: 62%

Strength： 40 (+10)

Agility： 35 (+16)

Stamina： 1108 [554 (+10)]

Wisdom： 3515 (+10)

‘It rose a lot . ’

Soo Hyuk’s level was approaching 170 now .

“Well, I don’t even know how much I’ve hunted now . ”

While searching for Orem, Soo Hyuk had killed every ogre on sight, whether they were normal or twin headed . It would be weird if he didn’t level up after all that .

After checking his character, Soo Hyuk closed his character window then with a deep breath, logged out of Pangea . Exiting the capsule, he sat in front of his computer and started browsing through the Pangea official homepage . His searches were things like ‘Crimson Mountains’, ‘Tripled Headed Ogre’, ‘Orem’, etc . However, nothing came up . More precisely, there some articles, but none of them were what he was looking for .

Failing to find the information he wanted, Soo Hyuk turned off the computer and stood up from his seat . He then walked towards a bookshelf and while pulling out a book, he thought,

‘I want to go there quickly . ’

He wanted to enter the Hadrac Library even one second faster .

‘How much longer will it to become A-rank?’

He wasn’t even sure how long the B-rank promotion quest would take . Then how long would the A-rank quests take? Soo Hyuk, who had arrived at his desk, stopped thinking about his quest and hungrily dived into the book .

* * *

-What?

The guild master of the Kain information guild, Kain, exclaimed in surprise .

“Is that true?”

Kain asked Aldon .

“Yes, it’s true . ”

Aldon replied with a nod .

“Crazy, then that means he’s already around high A-rank, not B-rank . ”

Kain muttered in response to Aldon’s answer . If Aldon’s words were true, then he would be not B-rank, but an A-rank and in the higher class as well .

“I personally think that he’s over A-rank . Because the monsters were all killed in an incredibly short amount of time . ”

Aldon commented when he heard Kain’s muttering . The ogres on the Crimson Mountains were particularly strong, and they moved in groups .

But they had all been annihilated, normal and twin headed ogres alike . If it had happened over a long period time, then he would agree with Kain that he was an A-rank . However, he knew that a slow hunt wasn’t what had taken place . He had seen the corpses himself after all .

The massacre had happened quickly, explosively . Knowing this, Aldon believed that So Hyuk should be beyond an A-rank .

“He used poison magic?”

“Yes, although I didn’t see it myself, he had definitely used fire and poison magic . Those two . ”

He hadn’t seen the actual massacre, but he could figure out this much from the remains of the slaughter .

“If it was poison magic…”

Kain mumbled at Aldon’s reply .

“Rhino could know about him . ”

They didn’t know how proficient he was with fire magic, but he did with poison magic . If it could kill even twin headed ogres, than he wouldn’t have been normal, so there was a high chance that Rhino, deputy head of the Hadrac Branch of Tower of Poison, would know him .

“Should we check?”

Thinking that Kain’s murmuring had some sense, Aldon asked Kain .

“Although we’ll have to spend a bit of gold, he’ll definitely tell us . ”

Normal people didn’t know this, but his close acquaintances certainly did . Just how greedy Rhino was . And of course, an information guild like them knew this as well .

“…”

Kain fell in thought at Aldon’s words . But it didn’t last long .

“Okay, no . ”

“…?”

Aldon couldn’t help but doubt Kain’s words . Kain had just agreed then disagreed after all . However, his confusion was clear by Kain’s next words .

“I’ll find out myself . ”

Rhino valued ‘money’, but ‘rank’ was also important . He wouldn’t ignore Aldon, but from Rhino’s perspective, Aldon was just one of their many guild members . So, there was a possibility that he wouldn’t hand the information to Aldon .

“Good work . ”

Kain said to Aldon before rising from his seat .

* * *

“Hoo…”

Soo Hyuk breathed out deeply . Around him, were countless ogre bodies all sown on the messy ground . After staring at the bodies, Soo Hyuk checked the time .

’11:54…’

It was time to log out .

‘I didn’t find Orem today either . ’

He had scoured the crimson mountain range for the triple headed ogre, but he couldn’t find him in the end .

‘What if I really don’t find him in 7 days?’

Soo Hyuk had originally thought 7 days would be enough . No, truthfully speaking, he had thought 3 days would be all that was needed, but after today, his thinking had changed . He now felt that 7 days was too tight .

‘Level ups also feel slower . ’

Soo Hyuk opened his character window .

Class: Archmage’s Descendant

Level: 180 Experience: 21%

Health: 111600 Mana: 72900

Satiation: 60%

Strength： 40 (+10)

Agility ： 35 (+16)

Stamina : 1108 [554 (+10)]

Wisdom ： 3645 (+10)

His level was approaching the ogres’ levels and as a result, his levelling speed was dropping . He had hunting all day, yet his level had only risen by 13 .

‘Well, it’s still faster than normal class users . ’

Even if his levelling speed had dropped, his speed was by no means slow . Soo Hyuk knew that fact very well .

‘2, 3 days then level 200?’

Although his levelling speed was continuously dropping, he still felt that reaching level 200 in 2 or 3 days was possible .

‘Then what door should I open this time?’

Level 200 meant the 3rd Door . His first had been fire, then poison as his second . So what should be his third?

Soo Hyuk closed his character window while in thought, then looked around him before logging out . After exiting the capsule, Soo Hyuk didn’t go on his computer .

He had nothing to research . So, instead of going on his computer, Soo Hyuk pulled out a book and began to read at his desk .

The moment he saw the tiny letter on the book, Soo Hyuk’s face burst into a bright smile . He had been spending more and more time in Pangea recently, but he couldn’t read many books there . So what was this? Now, whenever he read a book, he felt more joy than every before .

Shuok .

With a smile still on his face, Soo Hyuk finally finished the last page and closed the book, satisfied . He then checked the time .

‘Hmm?’

Soo Hyuk raised his eyebrow at the clock on the wall .

‘Was it because the book was shorter than before?’

There was still time left before his bedtime .

‘Looks like I can read one more book . ’

He usually only read one book at night because anymore would mess up his schedule on the next day . Pleasantly surprised, Soo Hyuk walked towards his bookshelf again .