Chapter 373

Chapter 373

“…!”

As soon as Ming Hu finished speaking, Akuresu’s expression, which had been filled with doubt, quickly hardened. Akurezu stared at Ming Hu with a stony expression and opened his mouth.

“Who are you?”

Akurezu’s demeanor had become quite polite, unlike before. It was clear that the kidnapping Ming Hu had mentioned had made him polite.

“Do you really need to know?”

“Not really, but…”

Akres interrupted Myung-Hoo’s answer.

“Kidnapped people.”

Akres trailed off, and Ming Hu continued.

“Just tell me where it is.”

* * * * *

Akres looked at the man before him and thought.

“Who is it?

Who the heck is this guy?

“How did you do that…

How do they know about hijacking? Of course, it’s not like no one knows about kidnapping, so it’s possible that they do. But the problem was that he was here.

“What are they doing?

The man’s identity was a mystery, but Akres couldn’t believe he’d come all this way and not been reported. What on earth were the guild members doing?

That was the moment.

“Wait.

A sudden thought occurred to him, and he looked at the man in bewilderment.

“Is this from the Warp Room?

Warped, if you came via Warped, this explains the situation.

‘It’s unlikely. But…’

Of course, the chances of it coming through the warp room were close to zero, but not zero. It could have happened.

“That’s a lot more than a branch manager’s paycheck for a warp scroll.

The only people with warp scrolls that could warp to the warp chamber were the prefects of the branches and high ranking officers at headquarters. Could there be a traitor among them?

“No, a warp scroll went missing when the head of the Aman Empire branch died.

The man must have come from the warp chamber, Akres thought, assuming the man had come from the warp chamber. A branch chief of the Aman Empire, a branch chief who had recently died, and the body and the chamber had been searched to retrieve the warp scroll, but the warp scroll was nowhere to be found. The one piece that was missing, if my assumptions were correct, the man before me must have acquired it.

“The man who killed the chapter leader and destroyed the chapter…

Aquares then remembered who had killed the chapter leader and disrupted the chapter.

“…!

A look of surprise crossed Akureth’s face as he remembered the man who had killed the prefect and disrupted the chapter.

“I can’t believe this guy…

Akres stared at the man before him in surprise. His work in the Aman Empire had come to a screeching halt. Naturally, he was investigated, and Aquares knew all about it.

“Count Minghu!

At the center of all that had gone wrong was Count Minghu, a nobleman of the Helioca Empire. The man before him was unmistakably Count Ming Hu.

“The late Earl.

Akres knew Ming Hu very well. He knew most of what Ming Hu had done, not just the destruction of the branch.

“What happened in that short time.

A very short period of time. What Ming Hu did during that time.

‘Dragon, not dragonlord, used to be .

At first, I thought it couldn’t be human. I realized it was a dragon, the Dragon Lord, the king of dragons.

“Is it really human?

Even now, Akres suspected that Ming Hu was not human.

‘If this man is the Earl of Minghui, anyway.

Akres opened his mouth cautiously.

“Are you by any chance Count Minghu?”

* * * * *

“Huh? Do you recognize me?

Ming Hu was a little surprised by Akuresu’s words.

“Well, the head of the Imperial Palace’s Deputy Knights was the chapter leader.

Arhan, the leader of the 1st Knights, was in charge of the branch. Ming Hu didn’t think it was all that strange for Akuresu to know about him.

‘Since you seem to have noticed.

He hadn’t intended to identify himself, but not now, not after what Akures had said. Ming Hu responded to Akuresu’s words with a nod of his head.

“So you’re the Count, after all.”

Ming Hu nodded, and Akureth opened his mouth to speak. He seemed to think for a moment, then continued.

“Do you just need me to tell you where the kidnapped people are?”

At Akureth’s words, Ming Hu opened the quest window to check the quest once more.

Through Arhan, 1st Knightmaster of the Imperial Palace Knights and head of Bloody’s Helioca branch, you have obtained a scroll that will take you to Bloody’s headquarters. Use the scroll to travel to Bloody Headquarters and meet with Bloody Guildmaster Akres to learn what happened!

Quest Difficulty: A

Quest Reward: 2 Million Merit, Quest “The Truth, the Real Behind the Scenes

‘I don’t think we’ll be able to complete it without knowing where it was taken.

A condition for completing the quest was to hear the full story of the incident. Ming Hu closed the quest window and opened his mouth to speak to Akurezu, who was waiting for him to speak.

“I want you to tell me why you did this, who’s really behind it. I want you to tell me everything.”

“…!”

Akurezu, who had been listening to Minghu’s words, looked surprised.

“So you knew there was a mastermind behind this.”

“We don’t know who’s behind it.”

“Would you like to sit down, this is going to be a long story.”

“First of all, are the kidnapped people safe?”

Ming Hu asked at Akureth’s words. The quest was important, but the people who were kidnapped were more important, Revil’s identity to be exact. What if something happened to Revil’s identity? It wasn’t the quest.

“They’re…”

Akres replied to Ming Hu’s words.

“You’re doing great. Except for being locked up.”

“That’s good.

After hearing Akuresu’s answer, Ming Hu went to the chair in front of him and sat down. As Ming Hu sits down, Akurezu moves to sit across from him at the desk.

“I think you might misunderstand, so I need to tell you something first.”

Acres, sitting across from him, spoke up.

“Kidnapping is not something we wanted to do.”

[Incident history: 1%].

As soon as Akres spoke, a message popped up.

“Do I have to listen until it’s 100%?

I thought I’d be able to complete it quickly, but the percentages in the message indicated that it would take a while to complete the quest.

“And?”

Ming Hu turned away from the message and spoke to Akurezu, who was waiting for a response.

“I’ve been threatened.”

[Incident: 2%].

“Blackmail?”

Ming Hu then responded to Akuresu’s words and began to hear the full story of the incident.

* * * * *

“…All of the kidnapped people are being held not far from here.”

[Incident: 99%].

“It’s finally over.

After a long conversation, Ming Hu looked at the message, which had risen to 99%, and then at Akres.

“Where is that?”

“If I hear the location…

Now we just needed to hear the location and the quest would be complete.

“Well…”

Akureth trailed off at Myung Hu’s words, looking a bit perplexed.

“…?”

Ming Hu gave him a puzzled look, and seeing the look on his face, Akureth continued.

“It’s a little hard to explain, because of the location and the magic circle. Plus, you don’t know the geography of this place, so even if I could explain it to you…”

Akres finished, his voice trailing off again. He waited a moment for Myung-Hoo’s reaction, then spoke again.

“I can walk you directly to the entrance.”

“…”

Ming Hu nodded wordlessly at Akureth’s words, thinking.

“Why isn’t it completing?

The remaining 1% thought it was the location of the place where the kidnapped people were being held.

“I didn’t hear it, but a guide appeared.

I wasn’t told where it was, but I was told that they would show me in person, so it was like I was told where it was.

“Isn’t that a location?

If the last 1% didn’t go up, if the quest wasn’t complete, then he must not have heard something important. Ming Hu opened his mouth to speak when he saw Akureth glaring at him.

“Did you forget anything?”

Aquinas was a very talkative man. He could talk a lot and forget to say something.

“I don’t think you heard the most important thing.”

Hmmm!

As soon as Ming Hu finished speaking, Akureth was stunned. And at the same time, his expression hardened.

“Well, that’s…”

Akureth opened his mouth, his expression stern.

“What is this reaction?

Ming Hu already knew that there was something he hadn’t heard because the quest hadn’t been completed, which is why he asked, but Akureth’s reaction was one of discovery, not of remembering something he’d forgotten.

“Did they not tell me on purpose?

His reaction made it seem like he knew, but didn’t tell me.

“What the heck was that and why didn’t they tell me?

He wondered what it was, what he knew but didn’t say. Ming Hu looked at Akureth, who remained stoic.

“Sorry.”

Ming Hu stared at him wordlessly, and then Akureth spoke.

“I assumed you already knew who she was, I had no other intention.”

“When you say she, do you mean Torenia, or did she have a separate identity?

It was clear that she was referring to Torenia, the real mastermind behind the kidnapping. But her identity? Ming Hu focused on what Akurezu said next.

“Her real name is Hetonia, a green dragon that nests in the Warkhan Mountains located near here. Her exact age is unknown, but it is estimated to be no less than 3000 and no more than 3500 years old.”

[Incident Summary: 100%]

[You’ve heard the whole story].

[You have completed the quest “Bloody Headquarters”].

[2 million merit increases].

[Quest “The Truth, the Real Behind” has been created].

As he finished speaking, a huge number of messages appeared, but Ming Hu was unable to pay attention to them.

“Green Dragon?

What came out of Akres’ mouth was clearly a green dragon.

“So you’re saying that Torenia, the one you said was behind the kidnapping, is a dragon?

He figured it wouldn’t be a normal human, but he never thought it would be a dragon. Ming Hu opened the quest window to check the quest.

The true mastermind behind the kidnappings was Hetonia, a green dragon living in the Warkan Mountains. Rescue the abductees!

Quest Difficulty: S

Quest Reward: ??? (This will vary depending on the situation.)

“This is the last quest.

When I looked at the quest, it didn’t look like there were any more quests.

“It depends…

Ming Hu looked at the quest reward and thought.

“The more people you save, the better the reward?

We didn’t know what the situation was, but it was clear that the more people we rescued, the greater the reward.

“I apologize for not telling you in advance. I really had no other intention.”

When Ming Hu didn’t speak, Akureth bowed his head and said, “You’re right. Ming Hu, who had been looking at the quest, closed the quest window at Akureth’s words. Then he stood up and said

“Let’s go.”

I was surprised that it was a green dragon, but that was it. He’d already defeated a demon, so there was no reason to be afraid of a dragon.

“What’s the dragon going to give me?

I was actually looking forward to seeing what items it would drop.