Chapter 106 - Impossible Quest (1)
Chapter 106 – Impossible Quest (1)
[Level 400 regular quest ‘Stop the Scorpion King’ begins.
-Each defense unit will be moved to a unique defensive position, and you must stop the attack of the scorpions for a total of 6 rounds.
-The Boss monster Scorpion King will appear before the defense unit with the highest contribution to blocking the scorpions attack.]
[The 91st Defense Unit will be located on the 7th defense line in Area B.]
Shuuuuuung!
As soon as the message finished, I felt my body moving somewhere.
Of course, I was being moved to the 7th defense line in Area B.
And I came into contact with some members of my unit who looked at me with envy just like some people when they saw celebrities they admired.
Moreover, this was my second challenge. During my first challenge, no one looked at me like that.
Back then, they looked at me with a critical and displeased expression.
Of course, I understand why they cast such an unpleasant glance at me back then because my name Asirante was not known to them and I was only level 131, which was not high enough for me to participate in the level 400 regular quest.
Anyway, I was pondering over my changed situation when most members of my unit approached me all of a sudden.
“Hello, Asirante!”
“It’s an honor to meet you!”
“I am Sanghyon Baek, and I use the ID Raon. I have always admired you, Asirante.”
I was now so popular among them that I didn’t even envy celebrities at the moment.
Of course, some of them were jealous.
“Who the hell is this guy? Why are they flattering him so crazily?”
“Yeah, that’s what I want to know too.”
The name Asirante was famous, but it didn’t mean that everyone knew it. But I didn’t care because those who should know it already knew me, for example, Daeyu’s Chairman Daeyoung Suh.
I waited for them to cool down a bit, then opened my mouth in a loud voice so that everyone could hear it.
“I am going to take the lead actively in this quest.”
It was natural for me to hunt the boss monster, and I intended to contribute to hunting it more than anybody else in my unit.
Aside from the regular reward, I received a whopping 200 remaining stat points because I exceeded the maximum contribution that any individual could make. Moreover, it was extremely silly for me to stop leveling up just because of this level 400 regular quest, so this was my last challenge. Anyway, I intended to wrap up this quest fabulously.
When I expressed my intent to hunt more actively, one of them shouted loudly, “I don’t care! When I look at the other guys here, I can’t seem to find any other famous man, so I think it’s almost impossible for our defense unit to beat our competitors here and win 1st place. So, if Asirante takes the lead and wins the quest, I think all of us will be grateful to you. I just want to ask you earnestly to lead us in this quest.”
“I agree with him!”
“Asirante, way to go!”
No one threw cold water over my initiative.
Of course, there were some who complained about me, saying what the heck I was talking about because there was a clear limit to what only one person could do.
But I ignored such complaints because they would soon find out even if I didn’t explain to them one by one.
Anyway, the atmosphere of the 91st Defense Unit that I belonged to was very good.
Amid such a good atmosphere, a message announcing the start of the 1st round rang.
[The 1st Round begins.
-Injured scorpions appear.]
“Ice Field! Thin Ice!”
Until now, I had always used Thin Ice with Ice Field. And that was the common practice of the ice type wizards like me.
Ice Field had levels 2, 5, and 7, but it took a considerable amount of time to upgrade it from level 2 to level 5, so the level 3 Thin Ice existed to make up for that wide gap.
But this time, I didn’t use it with Ice Field on purpose. Instead, I used Thin Ice right next to the place where I used Ice Field. And right next to it, I used Pouring Hailstone and Ice Storm.
Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter!
Pasasasak!
The wounded scorpions that entered the realm of my Ice Storm and Pouring Hailstone were unable to move even a few steps, then collapsed with their thick-looking exoskeleton smashed.
Of course, it wasn’t just the wounded scorpions that were killed by that attack.
While stepping on the Ice Field pompously, other scorpions also fell even before they reached halfway across it. But other scorpions endured Thin Ice, which itself had the weakest attack power.
So, it was impossible to kill the scorpions with Thin Ice itself.
However, it was certain that Thin Ice had inflicted a lot of damage, so the scorpions collapsed after being hit by my low-level attacks such as Ice Ball or Ice Bolt. The scorpions were literally slaughtered. Given my current level, I was twice, or three or four times as strong as I was when I first took part in this quest.
Moreover, this quest ‘Stop the Scorpion King’ is a quest that any user who was level 400 or below could participate in. In other words, it is a quest designed for level 400 players. So, it was a piece of cake for me as I was far stronger than a normal level 400 player.
Anyway, I easily cleared the 1st round, and easily cleared rounds 2,3 and 4 that followed.
As if to prove it, the scoreboard revealed a significant score difference between the 1st and 2nd place.
[Current Defense Unit scoreboard.
-1st place: 91st Defense Unit (855,781 points)
-2nd place: 27th Defense Unit (352,191 points)
-3rd place: 155th Defense Unit (347,225 points)
When the 1st round was over, some called my name and cheered for me.
But as the rounds progressed, their cheering disappeared.
Instead, there was silence, which lasted until the end of the 6th round, the last one.
And at the end of the 6th round, there appeared a message congratulating the 91st Defense Unit on achieving 1st place. I muttered in a low voice, “Man, I could clear this level 400 regular quest alone.”
That voice became a catalyst for the members of my unit.
“Thank you.”
“Thanks to you, Asirante, we won first place in this last quest.”
“You were awesome! I think I now know why people are crazy about you!”
They kept admiring me with awe and shock on their faces.
“You’re welcome. Thank you for making concessions to me until round 6.”
It was me who rather thanked them.
Obviously, even those who actively supported me could not have known that I would perfectly defend all the way to the end of the 6th round.
And a new message appeared after that.
[The Boss monster Scorpion King appears before the 91st Defense Unit that has achieved the highest score.]
Along with that message, a really small size Scorpion King appeared.
Of course, I had gotten rid of the Scorpion King before with just a single Ice Spear.
The 6th round was over.
[- Each member’s contribution to clearing the quest ‘Stop the Scorpion King” has been calculated with the following score.
-1st place: Asirante – 5,854,382 points.
-2nd place: Raon – 0 points.
-2nd place: 13th User (ID is private) – 0 points.
-2nd place: Kite – 0 points.
“2nd place? Well, I didn’t know I won 2nd place.”
“I didn’t either.”
“By the way, this is something I can boast about, right?”
“Well, I guess so.”
All the others aside from me were at a loss, not knowing whether to smile or not.
At that moment, another message related to the rewards finally rang.
[Rewards are given according to each member’s contribution.]
[This is the reward for Asirante.
-You have acquired a significant amount of EXP.
-You have acquired 25.5 million golden rings.
-You have acquired 1000 coins.
-You have acquired the Scorpion King’s necklace.]
[You have leveled up.]
[You have leveled up.]
:
[You have leveled up.]
I obtained this kind of reward from the beginning, so there was something else I had in mind as far as rewards were concerned.
And a message rang just as I expected.
[You have exceeded the maximum contribution that an individual can make.
-Additional rewards are given to Asirante.
-You have earned 300 remaining stat points.]
When I first cleared this quest, I got 200 remaining stat points, so I thought I would earn at least 400 or more because my contribution was several times higher compared to before.
But I didn’t complain because even 300 remaining stat points was huge.