Chapter 11
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nTranslator : Ekdud
nTL Check : KobatoChanDaiSuki
nChapter 11 – Otherworld’s Moon (1)
nRattle. Rattle.
nThe train moved to the next station swiftly.
n‘Let’s see… he did say there were multiple stations.’
nHansoo thought of the stories of the four who had acquired the hidden piece.
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nIf you were to organize the conclusion was like this.
nFirstly. As you take the train you will go through 20 stations.
nSecondly. The artifact on each station was random.
nThirdly. A station that you’ve passed cannot be returned to and going further did not mean better artifacts came out.
n‘It’s a structure designed to give people mental conflicts’
nHansoo took a glance above.
nA map of the train route with 20 stations.
nHe had to choose well here.
nChiiiiik
nThere was a platform laid on the center of the empty station with an artifact above it.
n‘Let’s see’
nThere was plenty of time. Since the train won’t move until you get back on.
nHansoo walked up to the platform and checked out the artifact
n‘Raroon’s Circlet.’
nHansoo showed a conspicuous color.
nIt raised the perception stat of the user by almost 10 and it showed the weak point of the beast on your first encounter with it.
nWith this the chance that you will struggle against beasts in the beginning will decrease.
nThe requirements was that you needed 25 or higher perception but it was well worth it.
n‘The standards are clearly higher.’
nSince it was a hidden piece there was an artifact that would help greatly in the beginning.
nBut Hansoo shook his head.
nThis one is dismissed.
nTo Hansoo who knew every beast’s weak points it was a rather disappointing item.
nThe perception stat was appealing but finding something else was better.
nHansoo laid the circlet down and got on the train again to get to the next station.
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n‘This is the twelfth station.’
nHansoo sighed softly.
n‘Eight weapons huh…’
nMaybe due to the fact that it was a hidden piece weapon, the quality was good even though it was a newbie weapon.
nThere were ones with lightning damage and even a gauntlet that raised the number of runes.
nSince they were of higher quality than the needle he was holding there was nothing much to say.
nBut that was the problem.
nThe fact that they were better than his needle.
nIn other words the choice was rather disappointing to Hansoo who was holding the needle already.
n‘Will weapons continue to come out.’
nHonestly since a good weapon in the start had abilities that were beyond simply raising stats and skills it wasn’t weird that there were many around.
n‘Won’t something like a stepping stone come out.’
nShoes that allowed you to momentarily step on the air
nWith this you could have a much more three dimensional battle.
nIt was a weapon that was hard to obtain even in the second tutorial stage or out of that, the red stage, so finding it around here would be nice. He had a slight hope that this would come out but it had yet to do so unfortunately.
nHansoo slowly walked up to the platform and checked the item on it.
nA small cigarette pack.
nBut Hansoo’s eyes bulged out as he saw it.
n“Huh? Maniac’s Cloud Snack?”
n‘Even something like this comes out?’
nThe stepping stone instantly disappeared from Hansoo’s thoughts.
nThis item was that rare.
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nA cigarette pack with 20 cigarettes.
nBut these were not ordinary cigarettes.
nAs soon as you take a puff your rune stats will start to increase and it will continue to increase as you keep smoking it.
nAnd when you inhale all the smoke after you finish the cigarette all the rune stats will increase by around 20% and it will stay like that for around 10 minutes.
nIt was only 20% on paper, if all your stats were to increase by 20% then it meant your battle power basically doubled.
nAnd it rose by percentage. This was very tempting.
nIt meant that as your stats got higher and higher the effects increased more and more.
nAnd whilst smoking it there were moderate amounts of painkiller effects as well as increase of adrenaline so even without the stat increase your basic combat abilities rose.
nAn item that raised your battle power by a large amount for about 15 minutes after you start smoking it.
n‘huhh’
nHansoo rejoiced.
nAlthough you couldn’t use it outside the tutorial area but it was a small artifact that was one of the best within the tutorial area.
n‘This is it’
nHansoo chose instantly.
nHe didn’t know what kind of artifacts would come out further along but there won’t be much difference to the earlier ones.
nWhich meant there was no better choice than this.
nHansoo inserted within the side of his upper body then smiled as he walked towards the exit.
n‘Wait, but I don’t smoke…’
nHansoo made a slightly perplexed expression due to the unexpected problem.
n‘Well. That guy will understand.’
nHe promised to stop but wouldn’t he allow such a thing like this.
nAs Hansoo got on the train whilst humming, the train started to move slowly towards where Hansoo started.
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n‘Did they all exit’
nAs Hansoo got off from the train, the train rattled as it stopped its operation and even turned its lights off.
nA silence space with nobody else, Hansoo picked up the nearby cookwares and then got lost in thought as he started to proceed upwards from the third floor.
n‘Let’s see’
nHansoo thought of the second hidden piece.
nThe first day ended in a satisfactory manner.
nSince the first hidden piece was completed, as long as he completes the second one then he will have gotten all the hidden pieces he could acquire in the first tutorial area.
nBut he couldn’t do it right now.
nThe second hidden piece could only be obtained after the fourth day.
nHansoo started to ponder for a moment.
nThere were two things Hansoo could do before the second hidden piece made its entrance.
nHunt and collect runes diligently.
nChallenge the remaining missions.
n‘There’s not much to decide.’
nYou will naturally kill beasts as you do missions.
nHe had to aim one of the missions of the 119, no, 118 due to him clearing one.
n‘No. A few of them were done on the way to here.’
nFirst beast kill, First one to gain a new rune type and so on… such things were done on the way to here.
nBut these weren’t the missions that were officially decided.
nThe remaining missions were around 110.
nWell he had no way of knowing which missions were decided.
nThere were probably two or three more.
nAn extremely low chance.
nBut that wasn’t something to worry about.
n‘Do the ones with better rewards first.’
nIf he did the easy missions then he could do around 30 of them in two days.
nStatistically, clearing thirty missions meant there was a high chance that one would hit.
nBut that didn’t really mean anything.
nThe lower missions didn’t give more than a few runes if you cleared them.
nSo it’s better to do the missions with the best rewards one by one instead.
nIf you hit then it was a jackpot and if you didn’t then it was part of the hunt so there wasn’t much to lose.
n‘Let’s see… the mission with the best reward.’
nAnd then Hansoo frowned at the reward he thought of.
nThe reward itself was amazing.
nAs soon as you eat it then every stat will increase and not just the ones you have but every rune in existence including luck by 10 and even heal injuries that could kill.
nIt was not an object that could be gained in the tutorial stage.
nNo, this item was hard to obtain even outside the tutorial stage. The red area.
nBut the requirements was the problem.
n‘Who completed a maniac mission like this’
nThe information in his head was basically things people experienced.
nIt meant somebody had succeeded.
n‘Oh..was it that person.’
nHansoo thought of one of the people from the Final Brigade.
nEnbi Arin.
nA member of the Final Brigade who went to a prison as a volunteer and got dragged to this place along with the criminals.
nA person who got humiliated as soon as things started and acquired rage as a specialty. It was a mission she found out after the seven days where she proceeded to rip apart every single criminal who hurt her, eat their hearts and even tried to commit suicide.
n‘…This is dismissed.’
nHansoo clicked his tongue.
nHe didn’t feel like doing it and to do this he needed to kill everybody which meant the many missions that required people to live will become useless.
nThough he didn’t know if this mission was one of the decided ones but there was no reason to try.
nHansoo thought of the second best reward.
n‘Kill 100 people within one day.’
nAs a side note, it was Keldian who completed this.
n‘Dismissed as well.’
nIt gave a good skill as a reward but it wasn’t good enough for him to learn and it was also too late.
nHe spent quite a while selecting an artifact so the day was almost over.
nWhen he gets out it would probably be nighttime.
nNighttime, something flashed by this thoughts.
nIn Hansoo’s thoughts it was a mission with a rather good reward.
n‘I almost forgot about that.
nWhen the first night is over that chance also disappears.
nIt was better to do this first than the other missions with better rewards.
n‘This is first for now. I should fill up my stamina quite a bit though’
nSince while the
nHansoo felt hungry and headed towards the convenience store.
nHumans could definitely become transcendentally strong as they acquire runes.
nThe best part was that the number was basically being twisted so the efficiency rose explosively.
nIt would make sense that one would require twice as much food if your strength is doubled but the amount of strength increased by runes didn’t need extra food.
nThe Otherworld’s adventurers could eat and sleep at a similar pace that they were at in their own world and still maintain their battle powers.
nEven if you have the strength that could smash apart mountains.
nBut in other words if you couldn’t even maintain that much then your battle powers will sink down tremendously.
nIn order to maintain the top condition, food, sleep and rest was needed.
nAnd sudden exercise would make one even hungrier faster.
n‘Let’s seat first and…hmm?’
nSomething came into Hansoo’s eyes as he walked towards the store.
nThe entrance was very different from before.
nA completely empty convenience store.
nEverything including food was completely gone.
nNothing was left behind.
nAnd the ground was all dug up everywhere.
nNo, it wasn’t everywhere.
nThe spots where the food was buried were dug up accurately.
n“Huh. Look at these kids.”
nThey did something this courageous despite the fact that the moon would come up soon.
nHansoo looked at the scene in front of him as if it was amusing and laughed.
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n“Ah… Can’t I stop that.”
nMihee looked at the crowd that was moving the goods from the convenience store with a sad expression.
nThe seven had gathered together and came back up.
nBut somehow the rest knew and rushed the store and started to take everything.
n‘We’re definitely stronger but…’
nMihee gulped.
nThe first thing she checked was the status of the other group as soon as they came up.
nAnd she knew.
n‘It’s doable’
nThe ones above weren’t that strong because they were focused on organizing people.
nThey were of course weaker than the three below and even weaker than the four above.
nThe problem was numbers.
nThey couldn’t get near them easily but as 10 times the amount of people rushed the store they couldn’t do anything.
nThey brought the backpack as they came up but they could only feel sad as the items they wanted to bring one by one were all taken.
n‘ah…’
nWhilst Mihee was making a sad expression, Taesoon was laughing inwardly.
n‘They’re doing good.’
nTaesoon only gave them 1 intel.
nThere was a convenience store below.
nAnd like magic, despite them being cautious of him, they all rushed the store, took everything and moved it somewhere else.
nHe decided to keep it a secret from his other friends. Since they were friends it would be troublesome if they get in the way.
nSince they had taken everything on the ground, Hansoo had no choice.
nSince he would have no food.
nAnd he could use the items within the store very well.
nHe would probably need the items in the store the most.
nAnd since he couldn’t fight against everyone else he could only join them.
nAnd then he would take the leadership position and ask to share the thing he obtained in the station.
nAnd after that they would get rid of the group together and take back everything from the store.
n‘You don’t live alone in the world.’
nTaesoon had hoped that Hansoo would bring something back fast.
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