NOVEL NEXT chapter 28
28. before the storm
“You came late today.”
“Iknow, right.”
There was a brief pickpocketing issue on the way, but I quickly dealt with it and headed to the adventurer’s guild.
When we arrived at the adventurer’s guild, Adela found us and welcomed us.
“Ehh. What kind of incidents happen to extras so many times…”
There hasn’t been a day that hasn’t happened since I came over here.
It’s good that I’m not bored thanks to this, but on the other hand, I’m in a bit of a mood to the point where I doubt whether I’m actually an incident maker that causes incidents everywhere I go.
“Most of the cases seem to be led by Luke-sama…”
As always, incidents come to find me. They say I took the initiative.
I wonder if the bespectacled kid who causes murders everywhere he goes feels the same way as me.
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Maybe you can empathize a little?
As Luna and I were trembling, Adela cleared her throat and changed the subject of conversation to herself.
“Keuheum. First of all, the bombing incident you mentioned the other day has been confirmed.”
“Already?”
it’s fast I bought it yesterday afternoon, but it’s already been checked. Whoever the scout is, praise him very much.
“It was necessary to quickly check the matter as it was a matter…. As a bonus, someone wielded violence under the guise of training saying that the reward was not paid on the same day, so it’s all the more so.”
“Is there such a person? Really evil.”
Wherever you go, there are nuisance guests. It might take a while for a person to work, whoever knows it will blow up the courier building because it takes three days to deliver a package.
“·······.”
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Haa… Looks like Mr. Luke needs to learn about morals later.”
Where is there a moral person like me?
On the way back, I met a pickpocket and edified him. Isn’t this enough to be a sample of morality?
“…Anyway. The reward for the quest to subdue the Giant Ant’s Lair is here.”
Adela pulls out a rather heavy-looking pouch from under the reception desk and raises it up.
When the bottom of the pocket touched the table, he jingled, proving his size.
“What’s so many?”
“Because they paid for everything in dong.”
“Originally?”
“It’s 2 silver.”
“This one?”
“It’s 200 fairy tales.”
What kind of bad dog gives money like this. Aren’t you cheap?
“Adela. Who gave you the money for this?”
“What are you going to do…?”
“I’ll kill you.”
“… I don’t think I can tell you the information about the employee because anonymity is guaranteed. Even if that’s not the case, there’s no way I’ll tell the person who said I’m going to kill you in the first place.”
No, let him be fed first.
I need to get 10,000 won in change, but it’s the same level as giving 100 pieces of 100 won, am I not angry?
“More than that. Let’s get to the main topic. The reason you visited today is for the promotion test, right?”
“Ah. There was that too.”
“Usually, I’m most curious about that, but…”
“Huh-huh… I’m sorry if you think of me as normal.”
“······This is not a compliment.”
Well, it’s about time to get promoted to Class D.
I caught a goblin, a war wolf, a named monster, and even robbed an ant nest just yesterday, so my skills have been proven.
Even so, if the promotion conditions are not met, leveling up is no different from some stupid mushroom game where the main content is, so you should get rid of the adventurers and enter the academy.
“So. How do I go about that promotion? Can I catch a D-class adventurer and prove my skills?”
I looked around to see if there were any tasty D-class adventurers nearby.
I think a wizard like Pepero from far away would be fine.
I think it will be a really fun time to spread the true taste of the super sword to the magic wrappers who only shoot magic from behind.
“… Calm down. I’ll explain it to you now.”
Adela, who dissuaded me, brought out a book that looked like a code of law that she had read the other day.
“The promotion test is to prove your skills by catching the strongest monster in the current rank.”
squeak, squeak. Adela, who flipped through the books one by one, continued to explain.
“We’re giving out requests according to the number of people in the party, and since Luke is in a party of two, we’ll give you a request based on two people.”
Before long, Adela’s hand stopped. The book was pointing to a certain monster.
“Hatchling Salamander. It looks like a lizard, but it’s definitely a monster. Unlike the adult Salamander, it can’t breathe fire, but it’s a clever monster, so it’s a monster that struggles quite a bit.”
what!?
It’s a promotion test, but tell me to catch a lizard!?
A lizard that can’t even shoot fire and is still in the Jammin stage!?
“Go (喝)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Suddenly, unable to control his anger, he tore the paper into shreds and scattered them in the air in front of Adela.
“I wondered why extras were needed, so it seems that this is what was needed.”
Adela naturally took out a piece of paper identical to the one I had just torn and put it back between the books.
It’s so natural that you’d think I’d ripped dozens of pages.
“Next time, if you don’t like it, say no. The Hatchling Salamander I just showed you is the weakest monster.”
“yes.”
“There are a total of 3 upgrade quest monsters. To put it simply, they are divided into low, intermediate, and high. The Hatchling Salamander I just showed you is a low-level monster.”
“I object!”
“What’s wrong with you?”
“What’s the difference?”
“…I was about to explain it now. The higher you catch and upgrade monsters, the faster the next promotion will be.”
In short, this is it. If you catch a lower grade, you get 50 experience points after the grade up, and if you catch a higher grade, you give 150 experience points after the grade up.
“Then, of course, I’m a real man, so I’m a senior.”
“… I thought you would say that, so I opened that part now.”
Also Adela. I believed it.
drooling. The book moves quickly as if you are scribbling on each page and looking at a moving picture.
And the paper stopped at the footnote marked in green.
“This is a monster.”
The monster I pointed out this time is a monster that I know very well, and everyone who is a fan of fantasy knows it.
“Ogre. Its intelligence is inferior to that of normal monsters, but it is a monster that becomes the first wall for many adventurers with its extraordinary regenerative ability and tenacity.”
“A wall?”
“Yes. Actually, ogres are on the strong side among D-classes. Most adventurers who can’t upgrade from D-class to C-class get frustrated with ogres.”
The bottom line is ‘Can you feel the difference in strength, human?’
But it’s a really great worldview. An ogre is only D-class. If you look at other fantasy novels, they are described as quite strong monsters, and if I hadn’t read the original, I’d say that the power balance is crazy.
“Where is the ogre?”
“It’s near the middle of the forest, near the Journalal Academy.”
Academyra… I’m a bit reluctant.
‘Could something be wrong?’
“Okay! We’re starting right away, Luna!”
“Yes. Mr. Luke.”
“Now, wait a minute! You should listen to the explanation and go!”
“There’s no need to explain to a real man!”
***
“Hi Richie! Good morning!”
“·······.”
Richie deliberately ignored the man’s words.
‘How many times is it already?’
Arthur.
I introduced myself like that.
It wasn’t a lychee that memorized information about people who didn’t care much, but that should be done once or twice.
If you visit dozens of times and do that, you will know even if you don’t know.
The first time was when I was at the library the other day.
– Hi Richie! Won’t you be friends with me!
– no.
The second time was right after the sparring with Tia Roseberry.
– Richie suffered! Get some water here!
– no.
After that, he came to Class A every morning to say hello and talk nonsense, which drove Richie crazy.
Unlike Richie, who, like other men, thought that he would fall off after a few blows, Arthur’s tenacity was so great that even she acknowledged it.
Of course, admitting it doesn’t mean I have a crush on Arthur.
I don’t know Arthur, but rather, he was treated as a stalker, and his affinity for him fell to the bottom.
Is that all there is to it?
Arthur even flirted with Tia as well as Richie.
Tia, who has a good sociability, seems to accept greetings and talk to some extent, but in Riche’s eyes, Arthur only looked like a stalker with a high flirtatious temperament.
A person like that comes to you every day and asks to be your friend?
Arthur’s liking is falling in real time.
To the extent that recovery is impossible unless it saves lives.
“Rice, would you like to eat together for lunch today?”
“·······.”
ridicule and reproach.
Personal attacks and abusive language that can be said to be severe.
When all of that is called interest, what is the scariest thing?
Richie thought about how to get Arthur out of it, and was able to find the correct answer.
indifference.
At some point, Richie decided to ignore Arthur.
Because it is exhausting and irritating to talk about it any more.
“As expected, Richie is proud today too! Class starts soon, so I’ll go! See you later!”
What are you talking about knowing?
Richie was the most angry at a man named Arthur.
that come every day. pretending to be friendly. Stop ignoring everything.
But Arthur spoke as if he knew everything about him.
‘Without knowing anything.’
Only then did Arthur disappear and peace came to Riche.
– Dripping.
A moment of peace. Soon after, the door opened and the homeroom professor of Class A entered.
Standing in front of the lecture table with clean steps, the professor said.
“Today, as you all know, is practice. The content of the practice is to go to the forest near the academy and hunt monsters as a group. It may be easy for you, class A, but the theory is different from practice, so always do your best. There will be a teacher ready for you, so don’t worry too much.”
Practice always carries risks.
Especially if the other person is trying to kill you.
If you’re lucky,
‘There are only weak monsters living nearby, so it won’t be a big deal.’
It was Leechee who thought so.