Dark Soul VS Beast Master
ACT 6 Dark Soul VS Beast Master
“That was fairly profitable.”
Ark smiled warmly at his bags. At first he thought it would be easily solved but the work had taken ten days. But this time he didn’t think it was a waste of time. No, it was a highly profitable ten days. During the ten days it took to devour the wendigoes and Soul Eater, his Spiritual Power had increased by 549! Currently Ark had 956 Spiritual Power. He never thought it would be a number that was possible. There was also the Blessing of Fire and Descent of the Fire Draconian skills after the quest completion. But was that all? He also carried the Fire Stone and rare Hearthstone he found in Dragonian. Since the wendigoes were level 300~350, he didn’t gain that much experience despite all the time hunting but he still managed to gain 9 levels. The results were more of a jackpot than he expected.
“Honestly, at first I thought I had made a mistake.’
When he first entered the chaos space and hunted the wendigoes, he hadn’t made that much profit. If he hadn’t figured out Soul Extortion then he wouldn’t have been able to survive the wendigoes and the Soul Eater.
‘As expected, I can’t throw away any skills. When I first received Soul Extortion, I thought it was just a skill I would seal up. Excavation was also like that but there is a way to make use of all of them. Besides…..’
While hunting the wendigoes in the chaos space, he received half as much experience and items. It was to the extent that his bags were bursting with japtem.
‘Some rare ingredients were dropped by the Soul Eater but everything else are relatively cheap items. There are several magic items with the japtem so I should receive at least 100 gold for it. What should I do next after organizing all the japtem?’
He had finished all Fire Draconians’ quests. He couldn’t complete the Demon Magura quest because he needed more Knowledge of Ancient Relics.
“Once in town then I can gather more information about new quests and dungeons. I’ve come to Bristania after a long time so I should do everything possible.”
Ark decided on a plan for the future and descended Hwaryong Mountain. Then he found a small cave hidden on the bottom of the mountain. This cave was a safety zone that he found while looking for the Fire Draconians. No matter how many monsters wandered around New World, there were always hidden safety zones present. The place that Ark told Buksil to wait was this cave.
‘Ten days have passed so I wonder what Buksil has been doing?’
Once he was on the mountain than that person would have no motivation. Buksil who had lost Baekgu had been causing Ark quite a lot of stress. Ark entered the cave to look for Buksil. Then his foot caught on something and he fell down.
‘Huh? What is this?’
He looked down and saw an empty bottle of alcohol.
‘What the? This liquor bottle? That brat Buksil. Was he drinking while I wasn’t here?’
Ark made a disgusted face and kicked the empty bottle. It wasn’t just one. Empty bottles were scattered on the ground at the entrance of the cave while boxes of alcohol were also piled up. It was at least hundreds of bottles! The cave seemed like an alcohol warehouse.
‘This cheeky bastard. I told him to gather ingredients instead of just waiting around…… Yet now he’s having a drinking party? He lost his head completely after being depressed. Where on earth did he get this much alcohol…..’
Ark was grinding his teeth together when he suddenly realized something.
‘Wait? That guy. Where did he get the money to buy this much alcohol?’
Even if a merchant like Buksil entered a village to buy it, alcohol was quite expensive in New World. The cheapest bottle was at least 2~3 gold. In some cases, it wasn’t rare for a bottle to go for 10 gold. Even hundreds of bottles of cheap alcohol would cost several hundred gold. Buksil only received a small allowance from Ark so he wouldn’t have hundreds of gold. Then what was with these bottles?
‘Don’t tell me that bastard……?’
“Ah no! There is no way! That Buksil bastard!”
Ark shrieked as he thought of the worst situation and dived into the cave. He quickly arrived at the campsite inside the cave.
‘……?’
An improbably scene was unfolding in front of his eyes.
“Kuah. Good! Hehehe!”
Buksil rubbed at the fat on his stomach and set the bottle down. It was good up to that point. Ark’s eyes popped out at the other people present.
“Uwah, uwah, the alcohol is good, the alcohol is good!”
His eyes felt like it would fall out from looking around so much. On one side was a pair drinking alcohol and Baekgu who he thought had become dog soup in Bosaga. It was incomprehensible. But this was not the end.
“Hahaha, is it delicious? Delicious?”
“Wah, it is absolutely delicious. It is the first time I’ve tasted something so good.”
“Oh, you understand the taste of alcohol. I really do like you!”
The huge figure who patted Baekgu’s back while holding the alcohol bottle was Bread.
“Hey, don’t do that. I don’t want dog hair to fly in this narrow area!”
The woman who threw the bottle at Bread was his partner Redian. People he never expected were gathered inside the cave and having a drinking party. Now all their eyes simultaneously concentrated on Ark when he ran in yelling.
“……”
An awkward silence flowed within the cave for a short time.
‘W-What on earth is going on?’
Ark was the one who showed a response first. But Ark ignored Baekgu, Bread and Redian and just headed towards Buksil. Ark grabbed Buksil’s collar and shook him.
“You, you bastard. What is going on?”
“Ouch, what, what the?”
“The alcohol bottles! Did you buy then alcohol bottles with my money? Did you sell them? Did you sell them? Did you sell my japtem?”
Yes, that was the reason Ark rushed in. It wasn’t necessary to say again but Buksil was Ark’s personal cameraman. The japtem that Ark gathered was left in Buksil’s bag. Ark was worried that Buksil would’ve emptied out the bag while he was gone for a week. If Buksil disposed of all those items then wouldn’t he receive hundreds of gold? Normally he wouldn’t have thought of that. There was a contract where Buksil would receive a huge penalty if he disposed of Ark’s goods selfishly. But the supposedly dead Baekgu was alive so he didn’t know what Buksil would do from the shock. Ark couldn’t see Baekgu, Bread or Redian anymore. Now the most important thing was money! He needed to know if Buksil had really embezzled his money.
“Japtem? Sell? Heh!”
Buksil looked at him stupidly and snorted. Then he removed Ark’s hand and shrugged. Needless to say, it was possible to drink alcohol in New World. The person would return to normal after a bit, but they really were drunk while drinking. That was the state Buksil was in. Buksil had at least 10% alcohol in him judging by the smell and he shouted.
“You’re always like that. Money, money, money! Do your eyes only see money?”
“…..What, what the?”
“Baekgu has returned alive and the first thing you talk about is money? It’s always about earning money….. I’m tired of it! Damn! Yes, I sold a little bit of japtem and drank alcohol. Why? Can’t I do that? Can’t I drink a bit of alcohol after following you every day and being exploited? I sold all of it to buy alcohol. What will you do?”
‘He sold my japtem for the sake of drinking alcohol?’
Ark looked at Buksil dumbly. Then a cold voice emerged from his mouth.
“…… Do you want to live?”
Buksil flinched and took a step back but it was only for a brief moment.
“Why are you staring at me like that? Damn, I’m also a person too! You think I’m afraid after hearing your words? I’ve been enduring it so far. But now I can’t stand it. No, I won’t put up with it. Then go ahead and kill me! Do it, do it!”
Buksil lost his mind after drinking alcohol. Ark also lost his mind after hearing that his japtem was changed to alcohol. Ark looked at Buksil with anger and laughed before moving.
“…… Kill.”
“Kill? Yes, kill me!”
“Wait a moment!”
Then Bread pulled the collar of the excited pig and moved forward. He looked at Ark and said.
“That’s not it. Is there a reason to react like that in this situation? Don’t you know? Shouldn’t you react to my presence first?”
“……Let go of the pig.”
“No, no, I won’t. No, there seems to be some misunderstanding about where this alcohol comes from. I’m the one who bought it, not him.”
“What?”
Ark’s eyes started to return to normal. Then Bread scratched his head and sighed.
“Hah. He didn’t know what was going on but he calmed down after that guy explained. He seemed to want to talk to Ark. “That’s right, I bought the alcohol for everybody. This guy just drank the alcohol. By the way, don’t you seem to be quite hated? He only drank a little bit yet he keeps on cursing you.”
“Is it true?”
“What? That he cursed you?”
“No, that my japtem is safe.”
He already knew that Buksil was full of complaints. Naturally the talk about his japtem would be more important for him.
“Why would I lie about it? Do you want to see the receipts?”
Ark gave a huge sigh of relief. After that, he finally realized that the people in front of him were Bread and Redian.
“By the way, why are you guys here?”
“You finally asked.”
“This bastard, what do you want? Are you now holding hostages?”
“Hostages?”
“Aren’t they hostages? Then why are you here with Buksil?”
Then Buksil shouted angrily from behind Bread.
“Hey, don’t mess with him. Bread is the one who brought Baekgu back!”
“What?”
“Let’s clear up the situation. Please sit down. I’ll explain.”
Bread put the liquor bottle away and indicated a seat. Ark looked at Bread and hesitated. He hadn’t noticed it because of Buksil but the situation was quite serious. Bread and Redian were his enemies. And it would be difficult for Ark to avoid both their attacks in this narrow cave. He