Chapter 2 – 2.Valendia (2)
I received the goblin magic stone and asked Dacey.
“This is my first time in Valendia. “What is the price of the inn here?”
According to Dacey, the average inn price was equivalent to killing three goblins, so I could stay there for about a day.
‘The meal… I have bread and water in my inventory, so I’ll have to fill myself with those.’
“You said this was your first time in Valendia, right? Has she registered as an adventurer?”
“No.”
“Then how about registering this time?”
Even Lucedia Academy cadets can register as adventurers.
There are some characters who enter school already as adventurers, so there is no problem.
Rather, it was better for me right now to register as an adventurer.
Because you can receive requests from the Adventurer’s Guild.
“Yes, of course.”
“What is your name?”
For a moment, I thought about what name to give it.
“Lee Si-han.”
I originally decided to use my name.
After answering a few questions from Iseo Deishi, registration as an adventurer was completed.
“Registration completed.”
Deishi handed over a star-shaped badge, the badge of an adventurer.
And as if he thought I was going to continue like this, he recited the same line as when saying hello.
“Sihan Lee, may a brilliant light fall upon you!”
“I want to ask you something.”
“Oh, yes. What is it?”
“When is the entrance exam for Lucedia Academy?”
“Are you planning to enroll in the academy?”
“Yes.”
Unlike the guard, Dacey did not laugh but simply smiled and answered.
“It opens in 28 days.”
‘As expected.’
A sentence telling you to enter the academy in the quest window.
In the end, the academy entrance exam would be held in the near future.
‘At Lupan, the entrance exam was a tutorial.’
However, like in the tutorial, you can’t go into the situation with nothing and no capital.
“What is the best-paying request right now?”
“If it is a high-value request… Please wait a moment.”
After a while, Dacey showed me the request forms.
Fortunately, I was able to read the game’s unique characters, which I didn’t know without separate interpretation, as if they were from Rupan, perhaps as a privilege of possessing the game.
“Currently, these three are the most well-paid quests.”
[Stunting Stone Orcs]
[Suppression of bandits]
[Poison Boar Subjugation]
Stone Orcs and Poison Boars are both monsters found in areas quite far from Valendia.
In the game, it takes less than 10 minutes to run as a character, and less than 1 minute to use warp.
It took 30 minutes to meet a goblin near Valendia in an unknown place.
Moreover, it took more than 10 minutes to kill the goblins and reach Valendia.
It will definitely take quite some time to get to where these two monsters are.
‘The closest thing in terms of distance is… After all, they are bandits.’
A bandit with several hideouts near Valendia.
In Lupan, they are treated as regular monsters and their types are differentiated into bandit lackeys, bandit elites, bandit executives, and bandit bosses.
If they are bandit henchmen, they are not much different from goblins, so defeating them should be easy.
Above all.
‘Unlike in games, you can get a variety of loot.’
In the game, if you kill it, it only drops a small amount of gold and a material called a bandit hood, not magic stones.
‘But in reality, there are more things to take care of.’
Money or equipment possessed by bandits.
You will be able to earn more initial capital this way than by killing monsters.
‘If there are bandits around Valendia… I might be able to find that item.’
A decision was made after considering the three requests and the current situation.
“Thanks for showing me.”
“Have you decided on a request?”
“I’m trying to subdue bandits.”
“Okay, then I’ll give you the information about the bandits. But do you mind? Since this is your first time, I recommend making a simpler request if possible.”
“No, it’s okay. I’m confident in my skills.”
“I understand.”
Deishi told me where the mountain that the bandits were using as a hideout was located.
“Please bring the hoods worn by the bandits as evidence of the subjugation.”
After listening to all the information, I found an inn and found a room for the night, leaving me broke again.
By the time she entered the room, she was hungry, so she took out bread and water to satisfy her hunger and summarized what had happened today.
A phenomenon I felt while fighting goblins.
It was definitely the effect of spear mastery.
The sentence below the explanation that the power is tripled when using a spear.
[The skill of someone who has reached the pinnacle of creativity.]
If this explanation is true, then the sword used when capturing the goblin… No, I was able to understand the phenomenon of a trajectory that should be called a window.
Masteries such as spear mastery were different from Rupan’s other skills.
What if Rupan’s existing skills were simply acquired by raising the level and the skill level was raised by crafting materials.
‘Spearmastery was something that gained experience based on the number of times you used a spear-type weapon.’
A skill that can be developed by increasing the so-called creative proficiency.
Because it is a unique method of proficiency, the display is expressed as a percentage rather than F~EX, and when all levels are completed, it changes to MAX.
Other weapons also had mastery skills for each weapon, such as sword mastery and wand mastery.
It takes a considerable amount of time to increase this proficiency level.
Therefore, in the latter half of the game, many users would insist on only one weapon for their main character.
‘Well, I have completed all weapon masteries.’
I just chose a spear because my favorite weapon was a spear, but in the current situation, spearing was the best.
In the case of bow mastery, unlike the game, you may not have enough arrows, and since the wand has a magical power value, you probably consume magical energy every time you use magic.
‘I don’t know how much magic power it consumes. You may run out of magical energy while using it.’
In comparison, a spear with a long range was better than a sword.
Thanks to the effect of spear mastery, when using a spear, the power is three times that of a spear, and the spear can now be leveled at a master level.
And the remaining skill I chose was penetration.
When it penetrated the goblin’s body, a mechanical sound notified me.
It penetrated the goblin.
‘Could it be that it makes that kind of sound when it penetrates anything?’
I couldn’t test it right now because I don’t have anything to penetrate.
‘I’ll have to test it when I’m dealing with bandits.’
After organizing my thoughts about skills, I made a plan for the future.
First, obtain initial capital by defeating bandits.
In the process of defeating bandits, study more skills and test whether you can increase your points by repeatedly defeating enemies rather than just doing quests.
‘If it is written as a point rather than a separate skill point, it is not only a skill…’
You may also be able to raise your stats.
And if you are a bandit in the mountains near Valendia, you may be able to find the item.
If found.
‘You can start on a very good footing before taking the entrance exam.’
There is about a month until the academy’s entrance exam, but that doesn’t mean we can sit still.
You have to start as quickly as possible to find the desired item.
I made a rough plan and immediately got up and left the room.
***
Phew!
“Ugh… Wow! Ugh!”
After leaving Valendia, I ran straight towards the mountain Deisi told me about.
I don’t know how big the stamina value of 6 is, but even if it wasn’t an all-out sprint, I ran for more than an hour in a marathon format and didn’t get tired until I reached the mountain.
20 minutes to enter the mountain and search for bandits.
Two bands were found.
One was holding a sword, and the other was carrying a bow on his back.
“What is this guy?”
“Foot, I guess you got lost while climbing the mountain?”
“He’s an unlucky guy!”
When the bandit saw me, he laughed and attacked me.
They are a type of human being who attacks people to kill them as soon as they see them.
Even if I felt guilty, wouldn’t it be less?
Or it could have been nothing like when I killed the goblin.
I immediately took out the spear from my inventory and held it.
The moment I grabbed the spear, I felt the same trajectory as when I was a goblin.
At that time, my body just moved on its own as I saw the trajectory, but this time it was different.
I was able to gain a new understanding of what the trajectory was like.
The trajectory was not just one, but had many branches.
It was the trajectory that showed the movements I could currently make and the path of the attack I could currently make.
The moment I choose a trajectory I like, my body moves in response to my will.
I killed one of the foolishly charging bandits by accurately stabbing him in the neck.
“Hey, you bastard!”
The bandit carrying the bow took out the bow and drew the string.
At that moment, a new trajectory appeared.
This was not a trajectory for an attack.
The bandits put up a protest and arrows were fired.
I swung the spear along the new trajectory.
Kang!
The tip of the spear collided with the arrowhead and bounced the arrow.
“What… !”
The face of the bandit is seen wide-open and astonished, as if he has seen an absurd phenomenon.
‘I flew that one too, so I’ll try flying it too.’
He adjusted his spear and threw it along the trajectory towards the bandit archer.
[Pierced through the bandits.]
The spear pierced the bandit’s body and continued forward, becoming lodged in the tree behind it.
“Cough!”
The bandit, with his chest pierced, coughed up blood and collapsed.
‘As expected, there is a notification sound.’
I pulled the spear out of the tree and checked the blade.
Fortunately, the tooth did not fall out.
Swing it moderately and shake off the blood on the blade of the spear.
Bandits were not as difficult to subdue as I thought compared to goblins.
And the phenomenon named Changro or Trajectory had an effect not only on attack but also on defense.
You can attack and defend by looking at the trajectory, making a selection, and moving your body.
‘I feel like I’m some kind of martial arts protagonist.’
I turned around and saw the corpse of a bandit lying down and bleeding.
Even if they were bandits, they killed people.
But, just like with the goblins, it didn’t feel like anything special.
Even if you attack first, even if the opponent is a human being.
I was worried that if I killed someone, I would feel a little guilty or panic.
‘It’s nothing at all.’
If you look at it objectively, it was a strange situation.
But as I first thought, this is still a better situation for me.
‘I decided to think about my changed mind later.’
There was more to worry about now than that.
There was a small pocket attached to the body’s waist.
It was a place where a small clanging sound was heard when the bandit fell.
I guess my prediction wasn’t wrong.
‘Okay then…’
It’s farming time.