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He was quite curious about the rewards the book would give .

‘First of all . ’

Soo Hyuk stopped and looked at the orange book for a while, then continued to explore around . There was no need for him to read a book right away, as the library was quite empty .

But now Soo Hyuk had to confirm something, he had to know how many books were there here and how many of them that he hadn’t read .

Soo Hyuk continued walking around and suddenly focused on one of the bookshelves .

It grabbed his attention .

‘Blue!’

He saw a blue book on the fourth line . [1]

‘Red!’

Then suddenly he found a red book on the seventh shelf, but that was it .

Soo Hyuk, who soon finished exploring the library, said nothing . He just frowned without a word . The reason behind his sulk was not that the library had only three special books .

‘I think I’ll finish reading them all in a month . ’

This was because of the number of new books available for him in the Hadrac Library . A single month, at most he will need an hour to complete a book and by the end of the month, he could finish them all . He was positive that he could do it; it wasn’t his pride but it was his confidence .

“Do I have to find another place after a month?”

He just wanted to read in peace for at least three months . But a month?

“Should I just re-read the previous books?’

It occurred to him, he could just read the old books .

‘No, if I don’t have a new book, I won’t be able to learn . ’ Soo Hyuk shook his head . There was a big difference between the satisfaction of reading a new book and the satisfaction of already completed ones .

If the satisfaction of rereading a book was a 1, then the satisfaction of a new book could be voted as a 10 . But it’s not that he would read the completed ones only when he had no book . He would have read all the previous books anyways .

‘Let’s not waste time on this . ’

Soo Hyuk stopped his thoughts . He didn’t want to worry about the things that have not yet come out . Then Soo Hyuk checked the time .

‘For now, I’ll read six books . ’

He had plenty of time . So, he went to the last shelf and picked a few new books .

He only took out the books he wanted to read, but they were only three . Soo Hyuk, who said he would read six books brought out only three, but that was because the others were on a different bookshelf .

And so he walked towards those shelves .

As he reached their respective lines, he took out the red book, the blue book, and the orange book .

So, with all six books in his arms, Soo Hyuk sat and kept all the books on the desk . At first, he pulled out the, “The Mercenary King of Hadrac” which sparkled in bright orange .

-The son asked .

-Father, how did you become King of Mercenaries?

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-I pondered at my son’s simple question .

-I tried .

-What could be the reason I was able to be King of Mercenaries?

-Wasn’t it because the Ogre’s attack couldn’t even touch me, no matter where the attacks came from?

The orange book “The Mercenary King of Hadrac” ended with a question, with a smile on his Soo Hyuk closed the book . The bright orange color dimed and disappeared and instead, a message appeared .

Shaak!

[Special quest ‘The Beauty of Support’ has been created . ]

[Wisdom increased +1]

[Wisdom increased +1]

‘The Beauty of Support?’

Seeing the message, Soo Hyuk tilted his head . It was because of the quest’s name . Even though the name was “The Beauty of Support”, he couldn’t guess what kind of mission it would bring .

‘Is it about buffing my strength?’

Like the red book, it was its quest to enhance the stats . Soo Hyuk opened his quest window to confirm .

〈The beauty of Support〉 Hold onto the attacks, increase your endurance!

[Damage received: 0 / 10,000,000]

[Quest rewards: Stats – damage received in a near death situation is zero . ]

It was vaporizing .

The moment he saw the quest window, Soo Hyuk was shocked, it was because the reward was in a mill .

He never thought it would give him a buff…

He considered the orange book’s quest must be about strengthening his buff stats but it was the reward itself .

“If it’s a millstone…” [2]

Soo Hyuk knew well what kind of strength it was .

‘It was the force of water and life itself . ’

Though it does increase strength, the mill is basically like a thread linking physical strength and one’s vitality . This was something, not just anyone could have . Only a few great warriors have achieved it . A millstone is greatly desired by the magicians .

“But…”

Soo Hyuk frowned .

‘Million?’

He was frowning looking at the condition of the quest .

“I need to take 10 million damage?’

Even if the reward was the legendary millstone, he needed to complete the quest in order to receive it . But unfortunately, to complete the quest, he had to receive damage and it wasn’t just some damage it was 10 million damage . A whopping 10 million damage just to receive a millstone .

‘Is this even on a standard exchange term?’

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How is the damage measured? Would it reduce if he went into a defensive mode? Or maybe not? It was important for Soo Hyuk to know . It was easy getting hit, but the aftermath was difficult .

It was because of the reward .

Furthermore, this much damage could instantly kill him . In other words, he had to receive 10 million damage without dying .

“And someday I’ll be at the end . ’

I don’t know when it will be, but the day will ultimately come when it’s over . It wasn’t urgent for him to create his mill right away .

Soo Hyuk, who was analyzing the quest, opened the blue book . The blue book was also related to the Mercenary King of Hadrac .

Suaak!!!

[Special quest “The Legacy of Hadrac” has been created . ]

[Wisdom increased +1]

[Wisdom increased +1]

〈Special Quest – Hadrac’s Legacy〉

[Hadrac, the mercenary king, founded Hadrac and gained much wealth and honor . But before his death, he hid all his wealth for fun . Find the place where Hadrac’s wealth is hidden!]

[Quest reward: ???]

‘As expected, this special quest in the Blue Book too was a heritage quest . Besides, just like any other legacy quest, the man behind such a legacy Hadrac, was crazy . ’

Then, Soo Hyuk took out the next book, the red book .

‘What kind of reward will it have?’

Soo Hyuk wondered as he opened the red book . Though the red book increases stats, he was curious about what stats it will increase .

[Special quest “The Sage’s Wisdom” has been created . ]

[Wisdom increased +1]

[Wisdom increased +1]

After reading the whole book, Soo Hyuk received a message . His eyes flashed when he checked the message .

‘Wisdom! It was probably as the book’s title suggested “The Sage’s Wisdom . ” The last special quest increased my strength but this time it will increase my wisdom . ’ Soo Hyuk thought while he confirmed the quest .

〈Special quest – Wisdom of the wise〉

Meet the conditions below! And you’ll receive The Sage’s Wisdom .

[Read the Book: 0 / 100]

[Mana exhausting skill exhibition: 0 / 2000]

Just as he expected!

‘The conditions are quite easy . ’

The requirements were also not difficult . He only needed to read 100 books and test 2000 skills, they were quite easy for Soo Hyuk .

‘As long as it doesn’t increase mana . ’

Of course, there was one concern . It was what effect that came with the strengthening of the stats . What if his mana increased? It wasn’t that bad but it wasn’t that good either .

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‘First, I need to get through this . ’

Soo Hyuk closed the quest window as he had no more quest left from this book .

He opened the next book .

‘Good . ’

It was good for him that it was a new book, one he’d never read before . And with a gentle smile, Soo Hyuk began to read .

The next morning .

〈The Troubled Underground Waterway〉

In the underground sewers of Hadrac, chimeras suddenly began appearing in the waterways . Ian and Alex made the decision to clean up the underground waterways, but the chimeras were strong and possessed powerful poison . In the end, the expedition resulted in failure, and the most they could achieve was to prevent the chimeras from escaping . Clean the underground waterways of the chimeras and identify their source!

[Chimera Summoning Formation A : 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Formation B : 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Formation C : 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Formation D : 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Formation E : 0 / 1]

[Chimera Summoning Formation F : 0 / 1]

[Chimera: 0 / ??? ]

[Quest reward: S-Rank Promotion, ??? ]

Soo Hyuk, who was heading for the underground waterway, checked his quest window .

‘Are the Magician keeping them in check?’

There were six requirements for completing the quest, including the summoning of a magic circle .

‘Or were they destroyed?’

Should they trap them in the magic circle? Or should it be killed? Soo Hyuk couldn’t know because not many details were given about this quest . [3]

‘How long will it take?’

How long will it take to confirm if it’s trapped or destroyed?

Soo Hyuk, who suddenly turned his steps, had soon reached his destination .

“?”

Soo Hyuk, who arrived at his destination, the underground waterway, paused for a moment .

‘Why were there so many?’

It was because there were so many people at the entrance to the underground waterway .

“You said there would be only three!’

I heard Ian and Alex say . Three people were guarding the entrance to the underground waterway .

‘Kamian said five . ’

Even if there was Kamian’s party, it was overkill . The NPC and Kamian’s party should have totaled up to eight people .

But this! There were almost twenty people .

Did they know the time?

Did all these extra people come here because they were informed about their meeting time?

‘ . . 9 o’clock . ’

After getting a little closer, Soo Hyuk paused .

‘That robe…’

The reason why Soo Hyuk hesitated since the robe was familiar . These robes were given to wizards belonging to the Tower of Poison . More than half of them were wearing the robes belonging to the Tower .

‘What’s this? This tower should belong to the NPCs . I didn’t think they were players . Even if a few players choose the poison as one of their properties, they aren’t the ones who would travel to the underground waterways . So it was guaranteed that they were NPC for sure .

“Soo Hyuk! there you are!”

Soo Hyuk, who was lost in his thoughts, was startled by Kamian’s shout . However, not only Soo Hyuk but Kamian himself was embarrassed in this situation

Dadadada!

All the NPCs from the Tower of Poison came running towards Soo Hyuk .

“Good morning . ”

It wasn’t until they arrived near Soo Hyuk that they stopped moving . They started to greet him .

The old man standing in front of him greeted Soo Hyuk and introduced himself .

“I’m Rhino, the branch manager of the Tower of Poison at Hadrac . ”

“Oh, yeah . Hello . ”

Soo Hyuk politely greeted Rhino .

“But this is one hell of a job” the old man vaguely asked me .

Why did Rhino come here?

‘Why does it feel like they were waiting for me?’

It was obvious that he was waiting .

But the question was, why on earth were they?

“I’m here to help you because you said you were going to the underground waterway . ”

“Ah, help me?”

Translator and Editor Notes:

1: It looks like this library is set up in rows, though I am leaving it at lines cause it sounds neat .

2: The Millstone looks to be a beneficial thing that is obtainable for great warriors, I did some research and wasn’t able to find anything on it . So I left it as it is, if someone has any info about it feel free to message DM me on discord @Sotheno#2932 .

3: Within the Raws is looks like it mentions a magic circle somewhere, though the translation of it seems to be a little weird . As it mentions the summoner mages and the circle, so we just have to use the text as a description at this moment . It isn’t very clear .