Chapter 397

Chapter 397

The moment he saw the message, Myung-Hoo’s doubts turned to conviction.

“Awesome.”

Ming Hu muttered something briefly, then quickly placed the gauntlet in his inventory and looked around. There were several items he hadn’t picked up yet.

[You have mastered the meat of the kraken].

[You have mastered the sucker of the Kraken].

Ming Hu moved quickly, gathering up the items and closing his inventory. Then he turned around and looked at Ataksha.

“Was it such a shock that I didn’t die?

Ataksha was still in a daze. Ming Hu wondered if it was so shocking that he wasn’t dead. But Ming Hu, who was not a god and had never been in a position similar to his, couldn’t tell even if he thought about it, so he dismissed the idea.

That was the moment.

“This can’t be right.”

As soon as Ming Hu had stopped thinking, Ataksha, who had been in a daze, opened her mouth and muttered, “I’m sorry.

“This can’t be, this can’t be!”

Ataksha’s muttered words were followed by an angry shout, and then a message.

[Warning!]

[Ataksha goes into a runaway state].

‘This message is…’

Ming Hu saw the message and felt a sense of familiarity; he had seen messages similar to this one before.

Sigh

When Ming Hu saw the message, he turned his head to look at Ataksha, a little uneasy.

“…!”

The moment he saw Ataksha, Ming Hu was stunned.

Chirpy

Everything around him was freezing, starting with Ataksha.

“This is a runaway…

Ataksha’s rampage was different from the rampages of Makusa we’ve seen before. Not every Hagiya rampage would be the same.

“This is not the time for this.

Seeing Ataksha’s ice expanding in range, Ming Hu quickly turned around. If he stayed here, he might freeze to death. Turning around, Ming Hu began to run.

Dada Dada Dada Dada

Fortunately, the ice’s speed was not faster than Ming’s. The distance between the ice and Ming Hu gradually widened.

Sigh

After running for a while, Ming Hu turned his head to check behind him. The ice had gotten so thick that he could barely see.

“That should do it.

Ming Hu stopped walking.

“Whoa. I didn’t know there was a God.”

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and muttered, “I never thought Ataksha would show up. He hadn’t expected Ataksha to show up at all. Shaking his head, Ming Hu opened the quest window.

Refurem, the god of luck and thieves, has a proposition for you: kill the Kraken, a race known to the gods as the Faradon. You don’t know why Leprechaun wants to kill the Kraken, or why he wants to do so. What is your choice: accept Refurem’s offer and kill the Kraken or refuse?

[kraken:2/???]

Quest Difficulty: S

Quest Reward: ???

Slightly decreased affinity with Refurem when declining quests

I grabbed Letos and the number went up by 1 to 2.

“Maybe we’ll catch the others.”

Ming Hu thought of Ataxia as he looked at the quest. There were several other kraken in the lake besides the Letos he’d just captured. What if Ataksha showed up while he was hunting them? It would be quite troublesome.

“Let’s start at the center and think from there.”

Ming Hu pondered, then realized that he didn’t need to think about it right now, so he closed the quest window, opened his inventory, and smirked at a certain item in his inventory.

“How nice.”

The item that made Ming Hu smile was the Faraden: Gauntlet of Letos. Ming Hu checked the information on the gauntlet.

Limits: Strength 4000, Dexterity 3000, Constitution 3000, Level 370, Class: Wanderer

Physical Attack: 7000

5% chance to enter a state that negates attack reflexes for 1 minute when attacking.

This gauntlet is powered by Letos, a kraken, a kraken called the Faradon race by the gods, and has a chance to negate attack reflexes. It can be used in conjunction with other equipment for even greater effectiveness.

“Go, null and void!”

After checking the options, Myung-Hoo’s jaw dropped in amazement.

“Just in case… awesome.”

Since Letos was a reflex, I thought it might have an effect related to reflexes, but as expected, the gauntlet had the effect of negating reflexes. Even though it was a low probability of 5%, Myung-Hoo was happy that it was able to negate his attack reflex.

“Well, I can’t wear it right now, so…”

Ming Hu closed the information window with a wistful look in his eyes. He wanted to wear it right away, but he hadn’t achieved the rank required to wear it.

“I’m going to have to center myself for this.”

The gauntlet’s restricted wear rank was the rank that Ming Hu, currently a wanderer, would gain if he went to the center. Ming Hu pulled out the map and unfolded it, eager to get to the center as soon as possible.

“Oh, I got it wrong.”

Pulling out a map and checking his current location, Ming Hu frowned. He had taken a wrong turn when he ran away and ended up further away from the center. Ming Hu re-oriented himself with the map and placed it in his inventory.

Jumbled

Closing the inventory, Ming Hu began to walk toward his destination, the center.

* * * * *

“This shouldn’t be happening. This is not how it should be.”

Ataksha stared blankly into space, muttering to herself.

Sigh

After staring into space for a while, Ataksha turned her head and looked around. Everything around her was filled with ice.

“…!”

Ataksha’s gaze was stopped in its tracks by what soon came into view: Letos, crouched and dead. A single tear began to fall from Ataksha’s eye as she looked at Letos’ body.

“My fault, my fault, my fault.”

Ataksha muttered, her voice filled with sorrow. Ataksha felt that Letos’s death was her fault. If she hadn’t been dumbfounded, Letos wouldn’t have died.

Sigh

Looking at Letos, Ataksha raised her hand. The ice around them began to melt and turn back into water.

Thrrrr

Melting the ice, Ataksha approached Letos’ body.

“Alas, my child…”

Soon arriving in front of Letos’s corpse, Ataksha stroked the chilled corpse of Letos with her hand.

“I’m sorry.”

Siaak

The moment Ataksha finished speaking, Letos’ body began to glow brightly, and then slowly began to fade away.

“…”

Letos’s body turned to light and disappeared completely, and Ataksha looked at the spot where Letos’s body had been, her eyes filled with sorrow.

“…I’m not going to let it go.”

For a moment, Ataksha stared at the spot where Letos’s body lay, but then the sadness in her eyes faded, replaced by anger. Her eyes filled with rage, Ataksha turned her head and looked in the direction Ming Hu had fled.

“That direction is…”

Ataksha frowned as she remembered who was in the direction Ming Hu had fled.

“Kill my child again. Man, this time I’ll kill you for real.”

Siaak

Frowning, Ataksha finished muttering and started moving again.

* * * * *

“Is it because Letos is dead?”

Walking toward the center, Ming Hu shook his head and muttered to himself.

“They’re gone.”

The reason Ming Hu shook his head was because he couldn’t see any monsters. Was it because Letos was dead? After capturing Letos, Ming Hu hadn’t encountered a single monster.

“I’m about to be the center of attention.”

The problem was that he was about to reach his destination, the center. Ming Hu put the map he was looking at into his inventory and opened the quest window.

Find the center of Lake Belkan!

Quest Difficulty: S

Quest Rewards: Rank – Wanderer

Quests cannot be canceled

“I finally have a rating.”

Ming Hu looked at the quest and smiled wryly. He would soon reach the center of the lake, and immediately after that, the quest would be completed and the Wanderer rank would be generated.

“When you become a wanderer…”

Closing the quest window, Ming Hu looked at the item he had moved to the first slot of his inventory, Faraden: Gauntlet of Letos.

The rank required to equip it is Vagabond, so it was unable to be equipped because it was not currently ranked, but it will soon be ranked Vagabond.

“Hmph.”

The thought of wearing the gauntlets brought a smile to Ming Hu’s lips. Ming Hu closed his inventory and looked ahead, still smiling.

“…You’ve arrived.”

In the distance, I could see a castle. It was the “sunken castle of the humans” in the center of the lake that Deren had spoken of. Minghu began to run faster as his destination came into view, and before long, he was in front of the castle.

That was the moment.

[You have arrived at the center of Lake Belkan].

Shortly after arriving in front of the castle, a message appeared. It told me that I had reached the center. Of course, that wasn’t the end of the messages, though, as many more began to appear.

[You have completed the rank quest].

[The rating is created].

[Rank – Wanderer].

[You have achieved the conditions for promotion].

[The Ranked Quest is created].

[Check the Quest window].

“That’s it!”

After checking all the messages, Ming Hu smiled broadly and opened the character window.

Class: Wanderer

Nationality : Helioca [Empire]

Titles: Count

Class: Blood Knight

Secondary Occupation: Strong Smith

Fame: 65,454,910 Achievements: 428,005,770

Title: Dragon Slayer (Ignore peers.)

Level: 560

Life: 22,380,550

Mana: 2,458,420

血力 : 9,649

Power: 964,930 [96,493(+7,200)]

Agile: 72,715

Health: 61,657

智力 : 61,370

Wisdom: 61,041

Dexterity: 500

Contribution: Elgav – 2,000,000

Bonus stats: 340

After checking his rank, Ming Hu closed the character window, opened his inventory, and immediately put on the Faraden: Gauntlet of Letos, which was sitting in the first slot of his inventory.

“It looks good.”

After donning the Gauntlet of Letos and checking its appearance, Ming Hu muttered with a satisfied smile and closed his inventory. He then opened the quest window.

“What grade is this time?”

I got the rank quest right after completing the rank quest. After starting out as a Wanderer, I was curious to see what rank I would be promoted to.

“…?”

After checking the quest, Ming Hu could only shake his head.

“What, is it that simple?”

If the quest was simple, it was too simple. Ming Hu furrowed his brow and turned his head to look at the castle before him.