Chapter 24

3 days later.

Finally, all the ingredients were used up.

“Hoo…”

A thousand of each poison were created.

Since there would be many users wanting to buy them, a considerable profit was expected.

I quickly listed both items on the auction house system for immediate sale.

The price was 1 Gold and 50 Silver per piece.

I set it up so that orders could only be placed for a minimum of 10 pieces.

After completing the item registration, I left the Alchemist Guild and headed to the central lake.

After purchasing cooking ingredients and disposable crafting tools, I used the Warp Gate to travel to the Vibar Kingdom.

I left the south gate and slowly went down. I could see users hunting.

Since it was a low-level hunting ground anyway, I wasn’t interested.

Muhyuk opened the auction house system while walking leisurely, only setting the direction.

I adjusted the transparency so that I could see both the road and the items.

I wondered how much had been sold.

[Poison of Slowing (x1000)]

A newly created poison with special additives to Molly and Creas’s mixture. It slows down the body upon contact.

[Immediate Sale Price: 2 Gold]

[Minimum Order Quantity: 10]

[Currently Sold Quantity: 0]

[Poison of Hallucination (x1000)]

A newly created poison with special additives to Molly, Creas, and Vir’s mixture. It causes hallucinations and continuous damage upon contact. However, it will not be applied if a certain amount of HP is reduced.

[Immediate Sale Price: 2 Gold]

[Minimum Order Quantity: 10]

[Currently Sold Quantity: 0]

Muhyuk’s brow furrowed.

0?

That meant none had been sold.

What was going on?

More than 30 minutes had passed since the items were registered.

At least dozens should have been sold, but the fact that not a single one had been sold made it impossible not to feel suspicious.

Wait, could it be…?

A thought flashed through my mind.

I quickly searched.

Poison of Slowing…

Items were listed in a row.

“Ah…”

More people than I thought were selling Poison of Slowing.

The lowest price was 1 Gold.

The highest price was the 1 Gold and 50 Silver that Muhyuk had listed.

Damn it…

I never imagined it would be revealed this quickly.

Oh well.

I quickly reset the price.

99 Silver.

It was still definitely profitable.

Fortunately, 30 were sold in less than a minute.

Only then did I feel relieved and turn off the auction house.

Should I hurry a bit?

I moved my steps diligently towards my destination.

Two men and one woman.

A party of three explores the surroundings.

That’s when it happened.

One of the men raised his hand.

Krrr…

At the same time, a strange sound was heard.

The man who raised his hand turned his head and parted his lips.

“Right.”

The man moved forward, and the woman moved backward.

The woman instantly brought the bow she had been carrying on her shoulder forward and nocked an arrow.

She shot the arrow into the empty darkness.

Paang!

The flame on the arrow lit up the surroundings.

A silhouette was visible at that moment.

It was a tiger stained with darkness.

Was it because of the sudden brightness caused by the flame?

The creature roared and turned its head.

Since it was in the middle of a jump, the arrow inevitably pierced its chest.

It became dark again, but its location had already been identified.

The two men who had been waiting approached it simultaneously.

One man with a shield, one man with a sword in hand.

Kwaang!

The shield struck the tiger’s torso in mid-air.

While being pushed back.

Poook.

An eerie sound spread.

When had he positioned himself behind the tiger?

The man who had been holding the sword created a deep wound on the back of the approaching tiger.

As he twisted the sword and pulled it out, the wound grew larger, and silver powder fluttered from it.

However, it was not visible at all due to the darkness.

Kwoooo!

Only its painful roar struck the eardrums.

“Let’s finish it.”

“Okay.”

The woman replied and nocked another arrow.

Paang, Pababang!

It was a rapid fire to the point where her hands were invisible.

Poook, Pook.

Nevertheless, there were no mistakes.

All the arrows hit the tiger.

Of course, it did not die easily because of its high defense and HP.

However, it had already suffered a major injury, and its movements were slowed down because arrows were stuck in it.

There was no way it could withstand the attacks of the man with the shield and the man with the sword.

Krrr…

Eventually, the tiger’s writhing stopped.

Dark Tiger. A level 31 monster.

They had managed to catch it with just three people.

Krrr…

But the hunt was not over yet.

Another Dark Tiger appeared from somewhere.

This time there were two. But the three users were not flustered.

They calmly assessed the situation and made a cold judgment.

They could catch them.

Had all three come to the same conclusion?

They looked at each other and nodded.

Pabat.

At the same time, the two men split to the left and right.

The man with the shield provoked and lured one Dark Tiger, and one man attacked the Dark Tiger with a sword.

The woman helped the man with the sword and shot arrows incessantly.

Pang! Pababang!

Meanwhile, the man with the shield was handling one Dark Tiger alone.

“Huuup!”

He used a skill when his stamina ran out while enduring as much as possible with the shield.

It was a technique that pushed the Dark Tiger with the shield and recovered HP by the amount of damage.

It was a skill that could not be learned at the Knight Training Center, but he was lucky enough to obtain a skill book.

Thanks to that, it was possible to endure like this.

“Are you done yet?”

“A little more!”

“Finish it within 3 minutes!”

He was using skills to raise his HP, but there was a limit to that.

He defended as much as possible with the shield and pushed it away when he saw an opening.

Nevertheless, his HP had already dropped by about 60 percent.

It’s still okay.

As he endured like that, only 20 percent of his HP remained.

That’s when it happened.

Ssuk.

One of his companions, who had approached like a shadow, attacked the back of the creature with a sword.

At the same time, an arrow of fire grazed over his head.

Poook.

It was an attack by Luna, the woman who was positioned in the back.

“Huu.”

Only then did the man with the shield let out a sigh.

He used the skill he had been saving.

His HP filled up.

While he was enduring again, the Dark Tiger collapsed.

“Huu, turn on the light.”

“Okay.”

Luna, the woman who told him to turn on the light.

Cheolbyeok, the man who answered.

Minwoo, who only uses a sword.

The three people belonging to the top 3 guilds in Korea were hunting as a party.

All three were level 27.

Nevertheless, judging from the fact that they easily caught the Dark Tiger, it seemed that they did not belong to a large guild just by luck.

Anyway, Cheolbyeok took out a document from his bag and tore it, creating a pure white sphere in his palm.

It was a light magic that brightly illuminated the surroundings.

“What did it drop?”

“It’s just a piece of leather.”

“Tch. Illusion is all good, but this is a shame.”

“What?”

“When you kill a monster, it doesn’t give you items. It just gives you useless material items.”

“But you can make items with material items.”

“It’s annoying!”

The two men flinched at Luna’s sharp voice.

“Just strong in words…”

“What did you say!”

“No, it’s nothing. Should we go hunting again?”

“I don’t have any MP!”

Cheolbyeok sighed deeply.

“Then let’s rest for 5 minutes.”

“Okay, and turn off the light.”

“Okay.”

The light magic disappeared.

It is not easy to subdue the Dark Tiger if attacked when there is light. It’s hard to find a gap.

So what they found was the hunting method from before.

Showing a bright light to a creature accustomed to darkness and creating a gap.

It was an active hunting method.

“By the way, when are they giving us the Poison of Slowing?”

“I don’t know. Won’t it come soon?”

The guild itself also provides support to those with talent.

One of them was the Poison of Slowing and Poison of Hallucination, which had become an issue these days.

“Will it come to us first?”

“Probably.”

“Okay, then let’s go hunting again…”

“Shh.”

It was the moment Luna opened her mouth.

Minwoo, who had been quiet, signaled to be quiet.

Everyone held their breath.

Had the Dark Tiger reappeared?

The three carefully got up.

A quiet silence flows.

Step.

The sound grew louder. At that moment, light poured out from the left.

Their heads turned quickly. What was visible between the tree trunks was clearly not a Dark Tiger.

“User…?”

That’s right.

A man was walking.

Even with the lights brightly lit.

“What an idiot…”

There are many users in this Dark Tiger habitat. The reason they haven’t collided with them is because there is a tacit agreement.

That is, not turning on the lights.

If you turn on the lights…

Krrr…!

The forest rumbles like now.

This is because the Dark Tiger rushes towards the light.

Ssuk.

Three Dark Tigers, which had suddenly surrounded the strange man, came into view.

It was a dangerous situation at a glance.

Luna opened her mouth.

“Help him? Or not?”

Three are too much for them too.

The probability of dying is higher.

Of course, since death is one of the contents in the game, it is certain.

However, since it is impossible to connect for 24 hours, you have to spend that time doing nothing.

Those who have not experienced that boredom will not be able to imagine it.

Of course, you can tell them to rest in reality or meet friends, but the wait after death is not a simple 24 hours.

It feels like a stopped time that doesn’t flow at all.

“Hmm.”

The worry was short.

“Let’s retreat for now…”

It was the moment Cheolbyeok was about to speak.

“Huh? It’s a Skeleton?”

Everyone’s eyes follow the strange man again.

“Is he a Necromancer?”

Nine Skeletons had appeared before they knew it.

Three were in a group and began to face one Dark Tiger.

It was precarious as if it would break at any moment, but surprisingly, the Skeletons were enduring their attacks well.

“Hoo.”

“He’s considerable?”

Immediately after, the man who had been still moved.

The staff in his hand turned into a bow, and he nocked an arrow and aimed at one of the Dark Tigers.

Even though the first arrow attack failed, the man did not waver.

He shot another arrow and hit one of the Dark Tigers.

The three Skeletons also used bows, and were shooting arrows incessantly from the same line as the man.

By pulling out the bones that made up their bodies.

The Skeletons who were directly facing the Dark Tiger in front were holding a sword and a shield each, and their defense was accurate and their attacks were exquisite.

It was as if each one was a well-trained soldier.

But it was still a Dark Tiger.

Peoseok.

One Skeleton was destroyed.

One Skeleton facing another Dark Tiger was also destroyed.

However, because of the damage they had taken in the meantime, the Dark Tigers’ actions were awkward.

Paang!

In the meantime, another arrow was stuck in its body.

Kwoooo!

It roared in pain.

It was truly a series of fierce battles.

It was a feast of misery.

The Skeleton is destroyed and the Dark Tiger is in tatters.

The only ones who were unharmed were the strange man in the center and the Archer Skeletons on the same line as him.

There was no flashiness.

Neither was there splendor.

It was not an innovative battle method that caught the eye.

Nevertheless, they couldn’t take their eyes off it.

The realism of the battle, and the tenacity felt from it, stimulated the whole body more intensely than anything else.

Thud.

In the end, when all the Skeleton Warriors were destroyed, the three Dark Tigers no longer moved.

Then, the strange man began to approach the creatures that were about to turn gray.

He stopped nearby and took out a dagger. He sat down and began to rummage through the dead monster.

It was the Necromancer’s skill, Corpse Decomposition.

Had he finished decomposing?

As he was putting the materials that came out into his bag, he suddenly stopped.

Ssuk.

He turned his head.

Luna, Cheolbyeok, Minwoo.

As he made eye contact with them, he suddenly got up.

The three were startled, and he went forward again as if nothing had happened.

He was still shining brightly, but at some point his figure disappeared.

Along with the light.

“Huh? He’s gone?”

“No, did he turn off the lights?”

Had they felt an instinctive curiosity?

They moved towards the point where the light had disappeared.