Chapter 126 – 126.The Beast King’s Daughter (1)
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After enjoying the festival for two more days.
After getting enough rest, we headed to Suzar as usual.
When I was about to take on the quest to search for chaos stones again.
“Everyone… Would you please come inside?”
Suzar’s guild receptionist Naila let us into the guild with an unusual atmosphere.
We were guided to the reception room where we always go when we come inside, and we heard a shocking truth from guild leader Dylan, who was inside.
“Mungton is currently injured and receiving treatment.”
“You mean Mr. Munton?”
“Fortunately, there is no life-threatening effect. But it looks like I won’t be able to be active for a while.”
It was news of Munton’s injury.
“Are you hurt? Why?”
Myka asked Dylan, blinking her eyes.
Even for Maika, Munton must be a very capable person.
Rather than being angry about the fact that he was injured, he seemed puzzled.
“Mungton said he encountered it while investigating. It was the worst situation.”
“Worst case scenario? What kind of situation is that?”
In response to Yeonhwa’s question, Dylan sighed deeply and opened his mouth.
“They said they saw Deltra, the Holy Water of Earth… Stained dark red.”
Deltra, the Holy Beast of Earth.
It is a holy beast that can be fought in Bitus and has the appearance of a huge wild boar.
It is a weekly boss that is characterized by large tusks, and when you take a big step, rocks erupt from the ground and attack, or rocks attach to the tusks, increasing attack power.
Dylan told us the story he heard from Munton.
Two days ago.
Just as we were enjoying the festival, Munton discovered a tree with a chaos stone embedded in it while investigating.
While purifying after defeating nearby monsters, Munton heard the harsh roar of an animal in his ears, so he stopped purifying for a moment and looked back to where the sound came from.
There, the holy water of earth, which is a symbol of the dark red eroded bitters.
It is said that there was a deltra.
Even though he saw it for the first time in the flesh, it was said that Munton immediately realized that the being that appeared was the Holy Beast of Earth due to its enormous size and the sense of intimidation it gave off, which did not seem to be an ordinary wild boar.
Moreover, there was already a precedent in Raden that the Holy Beast of Water, Praton, had run amok due to the Chaos Stone, so there was no room for doubt.
Even after making that judgment, Munton was unable to move and respond immediately.
It is said that the sight of Seongsu, who was a symbol of his origins before his eyes, run amok by the Chaos Church was more of a shock to Munton than he expected, and he was slow to judge.
Meanwhile, Delta rushed towards Munton.
It is said that Munton managed to move and avoid a direct hit, but was hit by Deltra’s blow and suffered serious injuries.
It is said that, while injured, Munton ran away as fast as he could, arrived in Suzar, and collapsed after reporting to Dylan.
After finishing talking, Dylan spread the map on the table and pointed to a place.
“This is where Dylan saw the eroded delta.”
“I see. Then the reason Mr. Dylan called us is…”
“That’s right.”
Dylan nodded his head and looked at me seriously.
“I would like to request those who defeated Praton, the Holy Beast of Water. Please liberate Deltra, the Holy Beast of Bitters, just like you did with Platon.”
The moment an official request came from the guild leader, a quest window appeared before my eyes.
[Free Deltra, the Holy Beast of Earth, from the demonic beasts of the Chaos Church.
Reward: 8 points Fame 30. Failure: Destruction of the world.]
I wondered why it hadn’t appeared yet.
“I understand. If the Chaos Church is involved… Moreover, if it is related to Holy Water, we cannot wait and see.”
“Oh, thank you. Then, would you please go to the royal castle with me tomorrow?”
“Romance?”
I thought we would start the investigation today, but I couldn’t hide my surprise at the sudden popularity.
“Mungton’s report was not only delivered to the guild but also to the royal castle. This is a serious situation for Vitus.”
I understood what Dylan said.
Since the country’s representative holy water has run away at the hands of the Chaos Church, the enemy of the Goddess of Creation, the Kingdom of Vitus cannot afford to just watch.
Raden also sent soldiers to the lake and temple.
“With this incident, the kingdom is now working even harder to search for the Chaos Stone in the forest. And tomorrow is the day when the people who will deal with the Holy Beast of Earth are chosen. It would be really reassuring if you all accompany us there. .”
“Okay. Then, let’s come back tomorrow.”
After leaving the Adventurer’s Guild, I told everyone.
“I’ll take a break from today’s quest. Tomorrow, I’ll put more effort into searching for the Holy Water of Earth. So, I think it’s a good idea to take one more day off and gather my mind.”
“Yes, yes! I’ll also make some medicine to use for the soldiers accompanying me.”
“Heh, I’m always in the best condition! But since the opponent is the opponent, I have to create the ultimate condition!”
“That’s right. I need to tell the Lord about this as well. Since it’s a search for the Holy Water of Earth, he’ll complain very much if you don’t take him with him.”
“I understand, Sihan.”
“Yes, Mr. Sihan. Me too, I will prepare my heart.”
There were no members who opposed my opinion.
However, there was a member who asked questions.
“You can’t hunt today?”
“Okay, we can take on very big game tomorrow instead.”
“Oh! Big game!”
“Plus, I can take revenge on the injured Munton.”
“It’s because Munton was careless! But I feel bad that Munton got hurt! I’m going to scold the Holy Beast of Earth!”
It can be said to be very intuitive and simple, but this was Maika’s charm of hers.
“Okay. Let’s punish you a lot tomorrow.”
We returned to Lucedia and dispersed.
And I stayed alone in the room and looked at the status window.
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Name: Lee Si-han
Gender: Male
Abilities
Stamina: 22
Strength: 30
Dexterity: 30
Magic attribute: 24
Luck: 23
Fame: 250
Points held: 20
Possessed skills: Penetration (EX), Spear Mastery (MAX), Spear (E), Regeneration (F), Screw Sting (EX)
Title: Bandit Hunter, Area Provocateur, Bandit Exterminator, Divine of the Academy, Field Boss Hunter, Boss Destroyer, Hero of Ra-den, Bandit Exterminator, People’s Hero
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All abilities are above 20 and reputation is 250.
The remaining points reached 20.
Strength and agility are important in battle 30.
What more should we do here to fight against Deltra, the Holy Beast of Earth?
Honestly, I didn’t think it was time to raise my abilities yet.
In the game, the Holy Water on Chapter 2 was naturally stronger than the Water Holy Water, Praton, due to the nature of the game.
I can’t go that far and say that here.
Rather, if you think that the average combat power of holy beasts is Praton level, the current stats would be worth it.
The reason why I fought so well against Praton in the first place was because I was able to attack very easily and easily reduce stamina thanks to the penetration skill, so this time will be no different.
Above all, the reward is the same as the Fraton Quest.
Then, rather than stats…
‘A powerful blow is important.’
After deciding how to use the points, what I chose was to upgrade Jeolchang’s skill level.
The number of points required to raise the level of Jeolchang by one level is 5.
I spent 10 points to raise Jeolchang to grade C and closed the status window.
‘This is the last one.’
Reward received from officially recruiting Lucas.
I took out a rare item box from my inventory and immediately opened one.
What will come out this time?
An item that can win the favor of colleagues like last time?
Or a potion that increases abilities?
Even though the luck level increased, there was no special light this time.
But what came out of the item box made the corners of my mouth go up.
‘This…’
It’s a weapon seen in games as well.
Although it is not tier 0 in terms of performance, it is a wind attribute spear with decent performance.
It was a storm lance.
Since the wind attribute also works with the earth attribute, it could be said to be a suitable weapon to equip before dealing with Deltra.
‘At times like this, I can feel the luck stat coming into play.’
Without hesitation, I opened the next rare item box.
That moment.
Wooooow! And a light came out showing that the winner had been chosen.
‘The luck stat worked properly!’
As I waited for the light to fade, my heart pounded, wondering what kind of item would come out.
And what appeared before my eyes.
“Huh?”
A white gem that has never been seen in a game has appeared.
Boseong was a hexagonal pillar with pointed tops and bottoms.
“What on earth is this?”
As soon as I held the jewel and looked at it, an explanation of the item appeared.
[Boundary Stone of Radiance: A barrier stone containing the divine power of the Goddess of Creation. Once a day, an area filled with divine power unfolds within a certain area.]
‘Borderstone of Radiance’
As far as I know, this is an item that has never appeared in the game.
However, looking at the description, I could tell that it was an unusual item.
Unfolding a realm filled with divine power… Perhaps the priest’s power can be further strengthened.
Removing the cooldown of heal skills for a certain period of time.
Or, since the power of chaos and divine power repel each other, it may be possible to weaken enemies with the power of chaos.
In any case, it was expected to be an item that could be used.
But there was one difficulty.
‘They say they got this from somewhere.’
Sasha knows about the inventory, but she told the other members that she accidentally got a huge capacity subspace ring from a bandit.
However, it was difficult to say how this crystal of brilliance was obtained.
Not only do I, who uses a spear, have no need to have something like this on purpose, but it is against my character to not even bring up the existence of this item even though Lucas has been around all this time.
Obviously, this item will be helpful when fighting the forces of the Chaos Church in the future, so I needed a reason to use it in advance just in case.
If this is kept hidden on purpose and questioned later, it is clear that quite annoying developments will occur.
“… Okay.”
After thinking about it, I made a decision.
“Why don’t you tell me a little secret?”