Chapter 173

The silence didn’t last long.

“What, why isn’t it appearing?”

Someone’s words flew and strongly struck my eardrums.

“Could it be…?”

“Is this the end?”

The murmuring grew louder.

Nevertheless, the users didn’t leave their spots.

Maybe it will appear in just one more minute.

Two minutes, or even three.

They waited endlessly, not letting go of that thread of hope until the end. Muhyuk, who hadn’t moved until then, turned around.

“Looks like it’s over, right?”

“Ah……”

Everyone sighed.

But Kim Min-ho PD, still unable to accept it, shook his head.

“Let’s wait a little longer.”

“As you wish.”

It was a bit of a waste of time, but it didn’t matter.

The Dungeon was over anyway.

I was planning to take a good rest for today.

The time of waiting flows.

They waited for another 10 minutes, but the Dungeon still didn’t appear. Only then did Kim Min-ho PD nod as if acknowledging it and looked at Muhyuk.

“It’s really over.”

“Yes.”

“It’s so strange.”

Muhyuk tilted his head.

“I’ve been with you for a while during filming, and I naturally realized it. It’s like you know everything, Muhyuk.”

“Pardon?”

Muhyuk, surprised, asked back.

“I mean, you have a really good sense.”

“Ah, haha……”

“But what about those PK Beoms?”

“Yes.”

“They seem like they’ll keep bothering you. Are you going to be okay?”

Muhyuk smiled gently.

I was planning to suppress them more firmly at least one more time.

Of course, since they weren’t easy opponents that I could confidently win against 100 percent, I was planning to prepare thoroughly.

And also manufacture new potions.

After suppressing them like that, I was going to propose one thing.

“I’m fine.”

“If you say so.”

“Shall we go now then?”

“We should.”

While Kim Min-ho PD was checking a few things and preparing to leave the World of Illusion, Yura approached and greeted me with a regretful expression.

“I’m sad.”

“Me too.”

“Once I leave, my schedule will be packed again……”

Yura sighed deeply.

“Anyway, I’ll contact you when I have time!”

“Okay.”

Yura looked at Muhyuk as he replied.

Her eyes held an unspeakable regret. Muhyuk smiled lightly, pretending not to know anything.

An awkward silence, created in a different atmosphere, flowed. Fortunately, Kim Min-ho PD broke it.

“Okay, let’s go now.”

“Yes.”

They logged out one by one.

“See you next time.”

Yura also waved her hand and disappeared.

When everyone, including the remaining staff, had logged out, Sungminwoo approached.

“Hey, hey.”

“Huh?”

“Why aren’t you dating Yura?”

“Uh, I don’t know……”

“Wow, you’re really stupid. She’s so pretty, why not? Come to think of it, you strangely put up a wall between yourself and people, subtly?”

Muhyuk was startled for a moment.

He retorted as if nothing was wrong.

“Me?”

“Yeah, you do. Heo Young-chan was like that too. Right, Mina liked you too, didn’t she? But when we met up before, you didn’t seem interested at all? No, should I say you were pushing her away?”

“You must be mistaken.”

“Really?”

Sungminwoo tilted his head.

“Well, anyway, good luck.”

“If I get the chance.”

“What chance? Ugh, you stupid guy.”

Ignoring Sungminwoo’s words, I took a step.

“Anyway, you……”

Looking at Sungminwoo, who was constantly grumbling beside me, I opened my mouth.

“Let’s go organize the items.”

“Items?”

“Yeah, items. Treasures.”

“Kuh, good!”

The word ‘romance’ must have disappeared from Sungminwoo’s mind.

“If we do it all, how much will that be……!”

The name ‘item.’ The single word ‘money’ derived from it would be stirring his whole body.

It’s quiet now.

Muhyuk thought to himself and summoned the Warhorse.

“Let’s ride.”

“Okay.”

I got on the Warhorse and looked at the World of Illusion.

It was truly beautiful.

At that moment, a man stood in front of us.

It was Rudolph.

Sungminwoo narrowed his eyes.

“Is it you again?”

“I didn’t come to fight!”

“Then?”

“I came to talk!”

“Talk?”

“Yeah. The arrow, do you have it?”

“Hmm.”

“I have 500 users in my guild. If I decide to kill you, I can kill you endlessly. But if you give me back that arrow, I’ll pretend that you never killed me, so you better think carefully.”

Muhyuk chuckled.

“That’s all you wanted to say?”

“Yeah.”

“Okay, shall I give you an answer then?”

Rudolph waited quietly.

“Kill me.”

“What……?”

“Try killing me.”

At Muhyuk’s provocation, Rudolph clenched his fist tightly.

Should I really kill him?

Then I won’t be able to get the arrow back?

How many times should I repeat it?

Will the user in front of me yield?

I couldn’t gamble on something I wasn’t sure about.

What if he doesn’t yield?

That would be a complete disaster.

That can’t happen.

In the end, I decided to step back.

“Instead of that, let’s talk a little more……”

Rudolph’s eyes wavered.

At that moment, Muhyuk felt that he had seized the victory.

“What did you say?”

“I was wondering if we could talk a little more.”

“Are you talking down to me now?”

“Huh……?”

“I’m asking if you’re talking down to me.”

“Uh, that’s……”

Rudolph hesitated.

Use honorifics?

With an expression that said he couldn’t possibly do that to protect his pride, he opened his mouth.

“Hey, instead of that, let’s talk a bit……”

“I can’t hear you well.”

“I think it would be good to have a conversation……”

Muhyuk waited quietly.

Eventually, Rudolph, who had accepted defeat, added one more word.

“Yo.”

Only then did Muhyuk nod, as if he thought he was ready to talk.

“Okay, tell me.”

“Can’t you give me back the arrow…… yo?”

“I don’t want to?”

“Pardon……?”

“How can I just give it back like this? You started the fight and dropped it.”

“W, well, that’s true, but.”

“Well, okay. Let’s do this.”

“How……?”

Rudolph’s expression changed frequently.

Earnestness, pleading, despair, and anger.

All those emotions were mixed together.

“Come to the Weebla Empire, Mercenary Guild tomorrow.”

“T, tomorrow?”

“Yeah, bring all your guild members.”

“Why on earth……?”

“You don’t need to know that. I’m going now.”

“W, wait a minute……”

Muhyuk ignored him and passed by. Sungminwoo followed behind, and in an instant, their figures disappeared from sight.

Rudolph, left alone, clenched his fist tightly and muttered.

“Tomorrow, in front of the Weebla Empire Mercenary Guild.”

With all the guild members.

Meanwhile.

Sungminwoo, who had moved to the Weebla Empire, belatedly asked.

“But why are you trying to see that guy?”

“I have to give him the arrow.”

“What? Just like that?”

“Not just like that.”

“Then?”

“I’ll beat him up once first. And then I was thinking of doing some trading.”

“Trading……”

Sungminwoo shrugged his shoulders.

“Well, I’m sure you’ll do well on your own.”

Soon, they booked a room at an inn.

Inventory.

I laid out the items taken out of the bag on the floor. They were the treasures obtained from killing the PK Beoms and from the Dungeon.

I had roughly figured it out, but I needed to clearly divide what to use over time and what to sell.

“Kuh, there’s a lot.”

“Let’s take a look again.”

“Okay.”

They checked the items one by one.

“This one, sell it. This one too, and this one.”

Most of them were items to sell.

Then, a ring caught my eye.

[Ring of Recovery]

Knowledge (4) Increase

Wisdom (4) Increase

MP (100) Increase

MP Recovery Rate (41) Increase

Durability 300/300

Usage Restriction: Knowledge 50, Wisdom 50

Compared to the low usage restriction, the increase in Knowledge, Wisdom, and Recovery Rate was high.

Muhyuk took off the ring with the lowest performance among the many rings he was currently wearing and put on the Ring of Recovery.

After that, while rummaging through the items again, I was able to find another good ring.

Thanks to that, I was able to significantly increase my MP Recovery Rate and Knowledge and Wisdom stats.

“I think I’m roughly done?”

“Oh, me too.”

“You chose what you’re going to use?”

“Of course.”

“Then let’s put all this up for auction.”

“If we sell it all, it’ll be amazing, right?”

“You keep this.”

The two put the items to be sold into Sungminwoo’s inventory and checked the remaining items. They were all rare items obtained from the Treasure Dungeon.

Of course, there were quite a few materials that Muhyuk couldn’t use.

“Let’s not sell this.”

“Why?”

“Just because, I might need it later.”

“Well, whatever.”

The items obtained from the Treasure Dungeon were put into Muhyuk’s inventory.

After that, they left the inn and headed to the auction house, putting all the items obtained from killing the PK Beoms up for auction for 48 hours.

“Is there anything else to do?”

Sungminwoo asked.

“No, why?”

“Oh, I have a quest.”

“What quest?”

“I leveled up in this Dungeon, and a message popped up telling me to go see my master.”

“Ah.”

Muhyuk nodded.

“Go and come back.”

“Okay. I’ll go and text you how long it will take.”

“Do as you please.”

Sungminwoo walked away, and Muhyuk, left alone, hesitated for a moment before turning around.

It’s been a while for me too……

I decided to visit my master, Balshion.

I headed to the Warp Gate.

“Welcome. Please tell me where you would like to go.”

“Hamil Empire.”

“It’s 1 Gold.”

I paid the price and waited in line.

My turn came quickly.

“Then, we will depart.”

Everything disappeared with a flash of light.

The place I reappeared was the Warp Gate of the Hamil Empire.

“Welcome to the Hamil Empire.”

I moved my steps, receiving the NPC’s greeting.

North, between the shabby buildings.

But.

“Are you sure this is the place?”

“I’m telling you, it is. Hey, look. There are already a lot of people.”

There were quite a few users.

“Isn’t this amount everywhere?”

“Uh-huh, you don’t know what you’re talking about. No matter how many users there are, there’s no reason to come to such a run-down place, right? If there’s a reason, there’s only one, it’s because of the Gangster Necromancer.”

The already narrow alley was packed with users trying to become Gangster Necromancers.

What should I do?

I decided to use a little trick.

Stealth.

After hiding my appearance, I used Wind Step to move onto the building.

After landing on Balshion (Old Man)’s roof, I landed in a corner, in an empty spot.

At that moment, the door burst open.

“Which bastard is stepping on the roof!”

“It’s me.”

Muhyuk released Stealth and raised his hand.

“You bastard…… ahem, it was you.”

Balshion, who had been spouting his usual tone, suddenly pretended to be solemn. It must be because there were many users watching.

“Yes.”

“Come in for now.”

Muhyuk shrugged his shoulders. Then, Balshion, who had been staring blankly, grasped the situation and roughly shouted.

“You guys! Make way!”

Only then did the users in front of Muhyuk frown and split to the left and right.

“Then, excuse me.”

I passed by the users and entered the room with a smile. Since there was already a user who had taken a seat, I waited until his conversation with Balshion was over.

“Thank you!”

“Yes, always keep in mind that you must enhance the honor of our Gangster Necromancer.”

“Yes!”

As the user left, Balshion’s posture changed crookedly.