Emperor of solo play

Chapter 48 : Bulkas Mountain Range (2).

The rangers were generous in many ways.

What was the most valuable in their generous rewards was…

‘If I can win over the Bulkas Ranger Master, Maoong, I can place my spoon on the Immoral Prince quest.’

The Bulkas Ranger Master, Maoong.

He was a key figure in the Immoral Prince quest.

Just this was enough for Hyrkan to risk his life on this trail. Hyrkan once again looked at his surroundings.

Most players would be too fearful of a game over to move rashly.

But although Hyrkan found the situation quite annoying, he did not have any fear.

Because he was experienced.

‘At least it’s better than being chased by those Stormhunter trash.’

A lot.

Being chased or running for his life was something he had grown quite tired of.

Thanks to his experience, Hyrkan was able to run again.

★★★

A female magician dressed like a male and a man wearing a scaled armor glowing red were walking through the Boyz Castle.

Their appearances were did not lack anything to attract the attention of players around them.

“Whoa, look at that! He’s wearing a full Fire Lizard set!”

“Doesn’t the full set go for over 100,000 gold? That aside, don’t you have to be above level 90 to wear it?”

“Who is he?”

It was an extremely expensive armor made for top level players.

It was no different than a man and a beauty driving through town with the best open car.

Unaffected by the attention they were getting, they were murmuring through their voicetalk program.

“Did you find out who the informant was?”

“From what I can tell, no one has the slightest idea.”

“How is that even possible? It’s not just some incident. There are only a few who could get their hands on such a valuable piece of information.”

“In that few, there isn’t a single person who would inform all of the 29 guilds. It’s not them no matter how I look at it.”

“Doesn’t that mean there’s an incredibly strong player that we don’t know about?”

“It’s true that we don’t know the identity of some of the Rankers. We have no way of knowing anyone outside the Rankings too.”

“Things are already going off our plan.”

“It’s not like we can do anything about it. Our job is to just do what our employer tells us to do. Also, it’s not like we work under them with a great sense of duty.”

A brief silence hung between the two.

“By the way, where are they sending you this time?”

“Sweepers.”

“Why are you going to Sweepers and not me? Don’t they need more magicians?”

“Isn’t it the other way? They have a lot of magicians, so they’re looking for more front-liners.”

“I guess… well, since the Sweepers are moving, it looks they’re going to sweep through an entire Block Field. It’s going to get troublesome. Oh yeah, the Dragon Lizard’s egg. What happened to it? Did you find the one who took it?”

As soon as the question was asked, the armored player stopped in his tracks. The magician tilted her head. Their eyes met, and the magician could easily see the scowl on the swordsman.

“Whoever it was, if I catch him, I won’t let him off easy.”

With that, the swordsman continued on his way.

★★★

It was just one step.

[You obtained the title, ‘First One to Step onto the Bulkas Mountain Range.’].

With almost completely depleted magic power, Hyrkan stepped into the Bulkas Mountain Range and was greeted by a new title.

Moreover, that one step was one with a lot of meaning behind it. It meant he was a step in front of those who he had only been chasing after. At the same time, it signified the start of the legend Hyrkan would leave behind.

Of course, Hyrkan wasn’t in any mood to give such deep thought into his step.

Hyrkan immediately checked his stat window through his watch.

“Not bad.”

Checking the newly acquired title’s options was more important to Hyrkan.

After confirming its options, Hyrkan raised his head in satisfaction.

The Bulkas Mountain Range in front of his eyes seemed more distant than impressive.

The mountain range was full of trees with razor-sharp leaves and with countless number of monsters. Hyrkan was the sole player against such a force.

‘It would be foolish to move in thoughtlessly with the magic power I have now.’

What seemed the most distant was Hyrkan’s magic power. Hyrkan sat down where he was and started chewing on a magic power recovery gum.

As he chewed the gum, magic power slowly filled Hyrkan’s body.

‘If only I can buy an expensive recovery potion and fill my magic power in one go.’

Warlord had many different recovery items. Of course, the more effective it was, the more it cost. For example, a candy made from the sap of the rare level 150 Vampire Tree filled up HP by the percentage while it was in its user’s mouth. Not only that, but it also raised stamina by an incredible amount. If a tanker with full resistance setting was eating this candy, he would practically be invincible during the duration of the candy. Of course, the cost of the Vampire Tree Sap was enormous. It was a must have for top-level boss monster raids, and the demand was several times the supply. As such, with a raid like the Corrupt Count raid coming up, it sold for an incredibly high price.

Other than that, those who focused solely on leveling up were not stingy when it came to recovery items like this.

The most representative was the First OneSulwoo. To stay as the highest leveled player, he was always fully buffed, with the best items and skills. Although he must earn an enormous amount of money from it, the amount he spent far outweighed the amount he earned.

Of course, for Hyrkan who had to savor the 5 gold gum, such a thing was in the distant future.

However…

‘I’m here.’

It wouldn’t be too far.

Hyrkan got up from his seat.

Then, as if it had been waiting,

Whoosh!

An arrow landed near the Hyrkan’s foot. Seeing the arrow, Hyrkan smiled.