They had a wide range of purposes. Some went to find strong swords, others drifted, and few went on quests. Most of them went around trying to find strong people to challenge.
They moderately raised their levels by hunting.
Some even gathered to help the devastated town of Morata.
“My sword skills have reached Advanced Level 3 so I’m a lot stronger now.”
“By doing quests I managed to get 10200 fame.”
“I went to the Northern area and fought along with Bingryong.”
The practitioners were proud of their accomplishments and assembled individually.
They learned to never give up and all manner of tricks to fighting.
Geomchi5 saw in the eyes of the five hundred trainees the spirit of a warrior.
Earlier he had be quietly laughing.
Now he had somewhat of a sneaky smile.
“Youngest one, where were you and what did you do?”
“Kuhuhuhu! You don’t need to know how much pain I was in. But if you need to know, I will tell you.”
“Tell me what has happened to you.”
“Well, Sahyung, the continent has been really hot lately right?”
“I know.”
The practitioners nodded.
Stamina consumption became worse and they began to sweat profusely as it got warmer. Many gathered at the center of the continent because of the surplus of monsters and quests. Others rested after they hunted.
They would not have withstood the heat if it wasn’t for the mentality of the practitioners.
The five hundred Geomchis laughed insidiously.
“The continent was hot so I immediately went to the Selrun River.”
“River?”
“What was there?”
“What sort of monsters attacked you?”
The practitioners were curious.
They had listened to Geomchi2 about the way of the sword.
Their fighting instincts were stimulated many fold while fighting strong monsters.
But he shook his head to show it was not as ridiculous as the five hundred Geomchis were thinking.
“I mean, I didn’t get to see any monsters at all. Selrun River is famous for being pure and transparent. The river flows very quickly so it’s very suitable for swimming.”
“Swimming? You went to the Selrun River to swim?”
“Well, lots of women were there because of the heat wave. Tens of thousands of girls in bikinis.”
“Gulp.”
“Tens, tens of thousands!”
The five hundred practitioners had eyes as if they were sparkling.
“Explain to me in detail what happened and why the hell you were there!”
“Well because of the heat, women were enjoying themselves by splashing around in the river and sprawled over the sand. In the clear and transparent river she was wearing a bikini...hehe I went there with a girl that I’m seeing.”
“So, so envious!”
The instructors and practitioners admitted it.
It seemed much more rewarding than the five hundred and five of them training their swords as warriors!
***
Lee Hyun visited the item trading site on a daily basis.
“The High Elf Bow. It’s sale price is gradually increasing.”
As demand increases and supply is short then prices increase.
Lee Hyun took a look at the item trading site and then went to the proud Dark Gamers Union.
On the Dark Gamer’s site you could see a mountain of information based on your rank.
You didn’t have to say anything that you didn’t want to disclose to the public.
It was natural for people to monopolize information.
Needless to say, information was valuable to the Dark Gamers.
The Dark Gamers had access to information that the public generally did not know about.
Lee Hyun’s rank was “C”.
The grade was set at the initial sign-up.
He could not see the hidden information for the important quests and hunting grounds.
Nevertheless, there was still quite a bit of information that could be obtained through the Union.
In general, the information found publicly on the internet was very lacking.
Here it was possible to view information on kingdoms and castles, characteristics of a city, and evaluations of hunting grounds and analysis on materials.
It was a considerable difference from low level articles.
“Sooner or later I have to upload some information to increase my rank.”
Second law of the Dark Gamers.
Give as much as you receive!
In the meantime, for the sake of rewards, Lee Hyun uploaded some information about the North.
Dark Gamers enjoyed hunting and receiving requests to go on adventures.
It was extremely rare to find hunting grounds that weren’t owned by guilds and that you had to pay a fee for.
It was difficult to make money when they constantly had to pay off the guilds.
It was better to go down the more difficult path.
He calculated the amount of information he had from Morata to as far as the Valley of Death, so the information about the wolves would be useful for the Dark Gamers.
Then Lee Hyun checked the commissions on the Dark Gamer’s Union.
There was a number of commissions from purchasing goods, escorting goods, and commissions for the Dark Gamer’s Union to participate in wars.
You could purchase a commission based on rank.