Chapter 174 – 174. Survey of Yeomryongsan Mountain (1)
Main story chapter 3.
It begins with investigating the abnormalities in the scorching zone.
A player feels something strange while investigating an area of the scorching zone.
Coincidentally, the player meets sisters Luong Mai and Luong Mai who are conducting research there.
Sister Luong was independently investigating the anomalies in the Scorching Zone, and the player joins Sister Luong and continues the investigation.
And the real story begins when the player and the Luong sisters discover an object that is thought to be causing the abnormality in the scorching zone.
And.
“Luong May, Luong Mai, I guess this is why you came today.”
“That’s right~.”
“We were curious too.”
Next to me now is Sister Luong, who should have joined me in the scorching zone.
This morning.
Since no one had classes at the time, we decided to leave for Luong right away.
At that time, the Luong sisters said they would go together today and moved to Luong.
When the guild receptionist told me about the scorching zone, she was not surprised and was smiling beside me, so it was enough to guess the purpose of my visit today.
“”Investigation of the scorching zone~ Will you join us?””
Sister Luong looks at me with her expectant eyes.
“Of course I will. I don’t think it’s something to ignore for no reason. Maybe this time too…”
“Do you think the Chaos Cult is involved, Sihan?”
I nodded to Adelia’s question.
“Okay. So it would be better to hurry up and investigate.”
“Okay, okay~ Then~.”
“We’ll investigate the scorching area~.”
“Ah, I understand! I will accept it!”
The receptionist could not even utter another word of advice, saying that it was dangerous for the princesses of this country to speak.
The application process went very quickly.
“Then let’s go buy supplies!”
“The scorching area is hotter now, so you must take care of it!”
‘If you’re going to prepare, that’s probably it.’
There is a setting that says that you cannot use normal equipment for a long period of time due to the increased heat of the scorching area.
Of course, this heat can also be activated by equipping items obtained through quests.
Normally, you could get it by completing quests provided by the guild, but this is reality.
So, you can buy it at the store even if you don’t do any quests.
Sister Luong brought us to Han Mugu branch.
“All the items have been made~?”
“I came to pick up something~.”
“Welcome, Mai! Mai! All the supplies are ready!”
“”Thank you~””
When we entered the store, the craftsman seemed to have already prepared the quest item that we had seen in the game in front of us.
I handed over the necklace of heat radiation.
When worn, it has the effect of protecting the wearer from the increased heat of the scorching zone.
“The price is…”
“The princesses paid the full price.”
“That’s because we’re going as a favor~.”
“With the Fortis Group together, we can make sure it’s safe, right?”
“”Think of it as that price~.””
“Okay. I’ll accept it.”
There is no reason to turn down free items.
“Then head towards the scorching area~”
“Let’s go~!”
After putting on the heat radiation necklace, we immediately set off for the scorching zone with Sister Luong.
“You know, the Fortis Group has fought against an apostle of the Chaos Church.”
“How was it? Was it strong? Was it a strong enemy?”
Perhaps because the investigation of the Scorching Zone might be related to the Chaos Cult, Sister Luong asked about the fight against the Chaos Cult apostles.
“Heh! The Chaos Church will be nothing if they get into our hands!”
Atsbal, who heard Sister Luong’s question from the carriage seat, spoke confidently.
And Adelia supported Atsval’s words.
“The Chaos Church’s apostle is certainly strong, but he was not our opponent. But that’s because we worked together to push him out. In terms of individual strength, the Chaos Church’s apostle is very strong.”
“Ohhohohoho! Well, even an apostle of the Chaos Church would be nothing compared to Sihan!”
“Wow!”
“Really?”
At Yeonhwa’s words, Sister Luong looked at me with her eyes shining.
“It is true that my attack worked well on the Chaos Church’s apostle. However, he is not an opponent who will let his guard down, so even if I am present, you must not let down your guard.”
“”Okay~””
And after some time, we reached a rocky area close to the scorching zone.
Although it may be possible to reach it in a short period of time due to geography.
Places where the temperature is particularly high in the scorching zone.
We traveled by carriage to the closest point in distance to the mountain in the scorching area called Yeomryongsan Mountain.
“We’re all here!”
I got off the carriage after hearing Atsubal’s signal.
I tied the horses to a nearby long rock and put the carriage in my inventory.
To prevent the horses from being thirsty or hungry, food and water prepared in advance were placed in a large bowl in front of them.
After preparing for the horses, I looked at Yanlong Mountain in the scorching area.
To put it simply, Yeomnyongsan Mountain is a volcano that exists in the red scorching zone.
If the rocky area has a light brown base, the scorching area is made up of red soil and land, befitting the word ‘scorching’.
Perhaps because there is a volcano called Yeomnyongsan Mountain, heat rises from the floor.
It was already very hot, but now it is even hotter, so a heat dissipation necklace has become essential.
For reference, if you try to enter the scorching zone without receiving the quest to obtain the necklace of heat radiation from Rupan, the player character’s body will briefly turn red and a message will appear informing you that it is too hot to enter.
“… It’s hot.”
Thanks to the heat dissipation necklace, it was extremely hot. I didn’t feel like my clothes were burning, but it was quite hot.
“Wow… I didn’t know it was this hot…”
“Everyone, cheer up.”
I’ve been walking for about 20 minutes now.
Pamela and Lucas were sweating profusely as they had been walking a lot to train and fulfill requests.
“It’s definitely this hot. I don’t even want to imagine what it would have been like if I didn’t have the heat shield necklace.”
“Ugh! This heat! It can’t stop my steps!”
“It’s hot, boss!”
“Be patient.”
Most of the members seemed to be having a hard time due to the heat felt in the scorching zone.
But.
“But it’s not so much that I can’t bear it.”
“Yes, yes.”
“Come on! Let’s go with strength~.”
Perhaps because they are from Luong, Yeonhwa and the Luong sisters did not seem to be having that much trouble.
For your information, I can bear it, but I’m sweating inside my clothes.
… I felt like I wanted to quickly go down and find traces of the Chaos Church.
While continuing to walk.
-Keeeeek!
A group of salt birds, which live in rocky areas but are more abundant in scorching areas, appeared before us.
I counted the number and there were about 12 of them rushing towards us at once.
“It’s a monster.”
“Ugh! You can’t believe you showed up when it’s this hot! I’ll kill you quickly!”
Most people seem to agree with what Adelia said. We applied buffs faster than in any other battle and focused on attacks.
“Nail of destruction! Nail of destruction!”
“Quickly disappear! Prison of punishment!”
“A torrent of rain!”
“Just eat my amulet!”
“Captain!”
While I was throwing my javelin and the other members were also attacking hard, Maika ran towards me.
“Fly me!”
“Okay.”
Realizing what Maika meant, I immediately held her spear short and created space for Maika to step on.
“Yay!”
Myka jumped right into the window and stepped on it with the soles of her feet.
“Guess well!”
“Yes!”
I just swung the spear and sent Maika flying towards her group of dyers.
“That!”
“Mr. Maika!?”
“Geumrangaaaaa!”
Maika’s golden horn struck the heads of three salt birds at once.
Then Maika spun around and finally landed using both her hands and arms.
“I caught three!”
“Ha, haha, Maika is still full of energy.”
“There are still monsters left! My lightning! I can’t fall behind Maika! Haaaaa!”
In order not to lose to Maika, Atsubal also worked harder and was able to quickly eliminate the group of 12 salt birds.
However, perhaps because they moved a little too aggressively to quickly clean up, not only Yeonhwa but also the Luong sisters were sweating profusely.
“It’s starting to get hot.”
“It’s hot just watching them fight. Right, May?”
“Yes, Mai. I’ll have to ask you to make a better Necklace of Heat Resistance.”
It’s worth seeing the female characters sweating profusely, but I couldn’t fully enjoy it right now.
If this wasn’t sweat but just water droplets dripping at the water’s edge, it would have been very ugly…
‘Water?’
At that moment, a brilliant idea flashed in my head.
My water attribute spear that I made using the essence of water instead of the default new moon spear.
I took out the recording.
‘Status window.’
I took out the status window in my mind and used 6 of the 42 points to raise the magic level from 24 to 30.
Feeling the total amount of magical power increase, I held the spear blade in reverse, and then pointed the spear blade towards my head.
“Sihan? What are you doing now…”
Puzzled, before Pamela could finish asking, I infused magical power and became aware of the water flowing.
Then.
Shoot!
The essence of water embedded in the spear glowed and water spurted out from the spear blade.
Cool water wet my head.
“”… !””
Everyone’s eyes lit up when they saw me.
After wetting my head sufficiently, I came out of the water purifier and swallowed a little of the refreshing water in my mouth.
“Gulp.”
It tastes like first-class purified water.
“Whoa, that’s cool.”
I shook my head and roughly wiped off the moisture and asked the other members.
“Does anyone need water?”
Chuck! And everyone raised their hands.
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This is the black and white version!!!