I gathered a lot of attention dragging thousands of carcasses as I exited the Daejeon Underground Subway Station. Thankfully the devourer's mask was able to mask a bit of my presence. "This is not good," I said and used the skill <Shadow Transfer> as I hid myself in the alleyway, through the dimmed floor I traveled in the shadows.
I was able to arrive silently in the Challenger's Association building, "I wish to trade these carcasses with coins…. How much do you think all of these will cost?"
The NPC receptionist looked at me gladly, "If you may, you could put it in the scanner, just at that corner," she said pointing at the adjacent counter. "The attendant there will calculate the cost for you. You shall receive a claim voucher from there, then you may now come back to me to exchange it for coins
We arrived and the heavy air, and the eerie whispers of the wind greeted us. Instead of a jovial bunch of people, there were chaotic monsters lurking in the shadows. I know for a fact that whoever came here was planning to die. That time the gates were wide open, inviting everyone to come in, yet no one in their right mind would dare to. No one except us maybe. If my calculations were right, the monsters hiding here we're A at best, but they are dormant right now so the place was silently peaceful. Normally monsters won't attack Challengers who come here, at least not until they get closer to them, but now that my senses are heightened I could feel some fleeting aggression from those monsters, as if they are waiting to pounce at us any moment. "So
We left the amusement park with contented hearts, and went back to the convenience store. "That was amazing!" she said. "Well, does that mean I have been freed from my debt!" I said with self-satisfaction. "Yeah…. But to tell you honestly, everytime you come back alive, it is already a payment in itself…." she confessed. Hearing her thoughts, I felt that it would be rude to continue to treat her like a normal NPC, she really cares for me, that I could tell. "Ah, by the way, I need some armor and a weapon…." I said trying to shift the topic, be that as it may it is a proper request since I'm aiming for a higher tier quest, so I better prepare something. "Ah, why are you always interrupting me! I haven't even confessed everything!" She seems be
We only needed a few minutes to get ready. Once we received a call that we had been registered to participate in the quest, each one of us hopped on the taxi and headed off to the location point. We arrived at an abandoned mining site, from the looks of it aside from monster carcasses, minerals, metals, and gems must also be found here. The dimming street lights were the only source of light available, and the path ahead was fairly dark. Before we proceed Oren, the man with a fairly big physique called our attention. He smiled softly and walked closer while speaking to us. "Right now, the Silent Meadows team will be subjugating a D-tier quest, with the intel we've got, this quest involves fast and quick monsters, sadly, there is nothing much
The deeper we went the wider the hole became, however, the place was still eerily quiet. "…." Not only that, but it was also completely dark, too, "Sahra, illuminate the area," Oren instructed. For a moment I thought she'd administer some sort of <Holy Light> skill or something, but it was just wishful thinking as she just brought out a heavy-duty flashlight in her inventory. That reminds me, <Holy Light> is a high authority spell that only angels and high priests can use. Besides magic-related skills are quite rare in the system, and only those with a large amount of holy energy can administer them.&nb
"We will be continuing forward…." Oren instructed after all the carcasses were stored in their inventories. "Shouldn't we be mining for the gems and crystals here?" Galvin asked since a lot of red rubies and crystalized rock formations were embedded in the walls. It is obvious that with an additional loot from these gems the coins the group will be collecting will shoot up to 50,000,000 coins. "No, we won't be collecting any gems, at least not for now." Oren said. Galvin was quite surprised and confused, although everyone simply kept their mouth shut and lightly shook their heads. From the looks of it, Oren also sensed that dense holy energy lurking deeper, for a D-tier
Of course it was never my intention to actually show them a monsterous display of strength, but the desire to dominate the beast in front of me somehow made me think that my earlier action was necessary for the situation. But now, looking at how I easily dominated the fight, it might have been possible for Oren and the other Silent Meadows members to defeat the monster even if I only helped at the sidelines. I've been worrying about it now that my adrenaline rush has substantially subsided. However, I cannot really take back what I had done. Galvin was the first one to interrogate me, he seems suspicious of me now that he realized how much stronger I am. "I knew he was hiding
After escaping the collapsing tunnel, everyone was kind of exhausted after speed mining every valuable loot we could gather. Right now, Oren, despite being awake, was still groggy from the experience. For sure that despite being a heavy-duty tanker he still took a great toll stopping both blows. His complexion was pale, as well. It must be a side effect of using the potion. Conversely, Gwyneth was still determined on her request, "Come on… am I not pretty?" "You're not…" I easily answered, not because she is really not but my standards have significantly shifted away from Eve's descendants, to me she is more like a long lost half-sister or something, I'm particularly not into that thing.
I stepped out of the Sinister Alley just a few feet away from the Shumei Shopping District. As I walk the path towards the seeping sunlight, there is a binging silence in the area. I was about to remove my Devourer's Mask when I felt something unusual. The place was too silent despite the rumbling on the chewy layer of maltene beneath the heavily scorched pavement and the rattling of the cans and bottles scattered on the floor. It is as if the sound waves are purposely omitted. Even the sound of my own footsteps is so quiet that it was tantalizing. I heightened my perception, and successfully traced a faint amount of scalding flesh, which smel